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Word: sha (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Communists and fellow travelers, he maintained concentration camps. He was an honest man, scorning the traditional "squeeze." Once he discovered a close friend's malfeasance, invited him to dinner, had police arrest him, testified against him in court, had him shot. Friend and foe said of Tai: "Sha jen pu cha yen citing-He can kill a man without blinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Generalissimo's Man | 4/8/1946 | See Source »

...will die on the appointed hour within plain sight (opera glasses permit a closer view of the performers' faces). The guns will sound very loud, but it is just a bit too far off to hear men scream as they get hit or hear them yell "sha sha" ("kill") as Chinese soldiers are supposed to do on the attack...

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

...other factor, had brought the nation unbowed 'to 1944's Double Seventh. China's soldiers (5,000,000 in all) had withstood hunger, disease, a continuous inequality of arms, commanders' inanition, retreat after retreat. Yet they had won notable defensive battles (Taierhchwang, Chang-sha), and had never finally given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Another Year | 7/10/1944 | See Source »

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