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They have no space to install a holding tank, even if they could afford one, so buying water from the pipas is not an option.
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They have no space to install a holding tank, even if they could afford one, so buying water from the pipas is not an option.
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But if the pipas are at the hotels then my tiny cistern will soon feel the same pinch.
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But if the pipas are at the hotels then my tiny cistern will soon feel the same pinch.
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Buried among the 80-or-so players were a small group of cellos and a couple of basses, but there were erhus (two-stringed bowed instruments) instead of violins, plucked and strummed pipas and daruams to the conductor's right, two yanqins (hammered dulcimers) on center stage and, behind them, a whole phalanx of flutes, whistles and a brash, ear-splitting suona (a reed instrument with a brass bell).
China Anhui Traditional Orchestra offers variety, energy 2011
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Hotels rates have increased, I think, due to the fact that hotels have to buy water from the pipas.
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We can also buy pipas of reclyled water during the dry season and add it to the grey/rain water through 4 pipe (which runs from the street to the cistern) when the water level in the cistern gets low.
Water Gardens 2008
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We can also buy pipas of reclyled water during the dry season and add it to the grey/rain water through 4 pipe (which runs from the street to the cistern) when the water level in the cistern gets low.
Water Gardens 2008
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The two-stringed Chinese fiddles (erhu), pipas, and flutes were working together harmoniously, showing the rich expressive force and unique charm of Chinese musical instruments.
Jim Luce: Spectacular Chinese Performance at World Peace Gala in Chicago 2010
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Hotels rates have increased, I think, due to the fact that hotels have to buy water from the pipas.
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