Jinxian

Steven Harris for The Wall Street Journal Chun's Jinxian Road exterior The dinner I had there recently began with a visit from Ms. Qu, whose smooth, round face and pixie haircut make her look younger than her 50 years.

Shanghai's Four Hot Tables 2009

Tucked Away Chun is located at 124 Jinxian Rd. near the corner of Maoming Rd. South, one block north of the Garden Hotel.

Shanghai's Four Hot Tables 2009

But Elephant, who was talking about a Jinxian frail he'd picked up in a Chicago bar, stopped just as she was getting ready to tear the place apart because some suicidal idiot had insulted her.

Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

He was a Jinxian, short and wide and bull-strong, a top-flight computer programmer with an intuitive knack for asking the right questions when everyone else has been asking the wrong ones and blowing expensive circuits in their iron idiots.

Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

On flat ground I can beat any Jinxian who ever ran the short sprint My legs were twice the length of Emil's.

Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

With his Jinxian strength it's a wonder he survived.

Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

The weaponry in my wonderful suit hadn't helped me against Jinxian strength and speed.

Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

Julian Forward was a Jinxian, short and wide, with arms as thick as legs and legs as thick as pillars.

Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

It would take a shopful of tools to readjust them, because readjusting them to their former power would violate Jinxian law.

Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

Bellamy was born before a certain Jinxian biological laboratory produced boosterspice.

Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994