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  • proper noun Obsolete form of Chongqing.

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  • noun a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China

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Examples

  • An official spokesman in Chungking expressed surprise early this week that these Chinese troops had not been thrown against the Japs already, as they had experience in dealing with them, while our men had to learn their tricks from the beginning.

    The Next Few Weeks in the Far East 1942

  • Chungking is a city of about 500,000 people; it covers an area of about one-third of Toronto, and, up to the time I left, there had been a total of more than 7,000 bombers over that area.

    China, The Democratic Front in the Far East 1941

  • Fay Wong in Chungking Express directed by Wong Kar Wai or Kar Wai Wong.

    Chinese Surname Shortage 2007

  • Fay Wong in Chungking Express directed by Wong Kar Wai or Kar Wai Wong.

    Vitro Nasu » 2007 » June 2007

  • When Flying Tigers aviators flew supplies from Burma to Chiang Kai-shek’s nationalists in Chungking (now Chongqing), American radio and radar operators in Xizhou were one of their first points of contact after they made it over the Himalayan hump.

    Village Dreamers 2009

  • When Flying Tigers aviators flew supplies from Burma to Chiang Kai-shek’s nationalists in Chungking (now Chongqing), American radio and radar operators in Xizhou were one of their first points of contact after they made it over the Himalayan hump.

    Village Dreamers 2009

  • In the spring of 1940, before the fall of France, Sir Stafford Cripps was the personal guest of Chiang KaiShek in Chungking.

    China, The Democratic Front in the Far East 1941

  • It is in a ratty looking building called Chungking Mansion on the 3rd floor.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • I have reservations about Chungking Express, though.

    kateelliott: 2008 Film Reviews: Tony Leung Smiles! kateelliott 2009

  • Two stories (the first is a strange but compelling tale with Takeshi Kaneshiro and Brigitte Lin), linked by the Chungking Express (the local equivalent of a fast food restaurant, kind of).

    kateelliott: 2008 Film Reviews: Tony Leung Smiles! kateelliott 2009

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