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  • The surname of this Hsiao Hung had, in fact, been originally Lin, while her infant name had been Hung Yü; but as the word Yü improperly corresponded with the names of Pao-yü and Tai-yü, she was, in due course, simply called Hsiao Hung.

    Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

  • "The one, who was a while back talking to you," continued Chia Yün, "is called Hsiao Hung, isn't she?"

    Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

  • A Chinese spouse identified as Hsiao-wen (小文) said that although she had worked hard to look after her family in Taiwan, her family would never be complete without her daughter in China.

    Taipei Times 2009

  • A Chinese spouse identified as Hsiao-wen (小文) said that although she had worked hard to look after her family in Taiwan, her family would never be complete without her daughter in China.

    Taipei Times 2009

  • "If you've got any gumption about you," Pao-ch'ai exclaimed, shoving her up, "take the second rhymes under 'Hsiao' and exhaust them all, and I'll then bend the knee to you."

    Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

  • Without so much as a word, Tai-yü took a pen and put a distinctive sign opposite the eighth, consisting of: "ask the chrysanthemums;" and, singling out, in quick succession, the eleventh: "dream of chrysanthemums," as well, she too affixed for herself the word "Hsiao" below.

    Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

  • Though Donovan had traded threats with Tai during his Chungking visit, he remained on cordial terms with Hsiao and occasionally had him for dinner.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • An acquaintance had seen Hsiao-Ching Chou buying a stunning looking huckleberry pie at the University District Farmers Market, made with two pounds of wild berries from Foraged and Found.

    Goodbye to a link in Seattle’s food chain 2009

  • DONOVAN WAS FINISHING dinner in his Georgetown home the night of July 20 with Lieutenant Colonel Hsiao Po and his wife when a servant whispered into his ear that he had a phone call from his office.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • DONOVAN WAS FINISHING dinner in his Georgetown home the night of July 20 with Lieutenant Colonel Hsiao Po and his wife when a servant whispered into his ear that he had a phone call from his office.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

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