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Word: liao (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...some cried openly over Lo Tsung-t'ung (President Roosevelt), the man who symbolized America's good will and her good help. A puzzled ricksha man asked: "But who killed him? Who killed him?" A peasant sadly shook his head: "Szu-te t'ai tsao liao!-It was too soon that he died." One Chinese driver turned to an American on an Army jeep, mustered all the English he possessed and said: "I am sorry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: World's Man | 4/23/1945 | See Source »

...Feichi ch'a wan liao" ("The airplanes have finished bombing") an officer reports to the Chinese general. The general orders a ten-minute wait, hoping the Japs will poke their heads out of their dugouts to look for our infantry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: War in the Mountains | 1/29/1945 | See Source »

Meckel taught them the principles of Clausewitz, which they eagerly took over, revamped, stamped Made in Japan. After a victory at Liao-Yang in the Russo-Japanese War, Field Marshal Prince Iwao Oyama cabled Meckel: "We hope you are proud of your pupils...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Is Hitler Running Japan? | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

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