Erh-lien
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Mandarin 二連／二连 (Èrlián), Wade-Giles romanization: Êrh⁴-lien².
Proper noun[edit]
- Alternative form of Erlian (Erenhot)
- 1978, Hsia Chih-yen, translated by Liang-lao Dee, The Coldest Winter in Peking[1], Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 249:
- The area southwest of Erh-lien, where the border conflict was unfolding, was seen in the photographs covering the two-hundred-square-kilometer area. The analysts noted the nearly six hundred tanks of all sizes, the automatic recoilless guns, as well as the armored trucks and transport vehicles, deployed in combat-ready positions. A large-scale offensive maneuver was indicated.
Translations[edit]
Erlian — see Erlian