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eunuchs

n. (plural of eunuch English)

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Eunuchs (Channel 4 documentary)

Eunuchs is a Channel 4 documentary broadcast in April 2007 that interviewed and followed the lives of a number of men who chose voluntarily to become eunuchs. It was directed by Danny Horan.

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As he did so, two of the eunuchs following him broke ranks and took up positions one on each side of him.

He held the notes out directly under a lamp, and the eunuchs could now see beyond a doubt that they were notes of seriously large denominations-thousands upon thousands of taels.

Denied the normal joys of marriage and family, and disqualified from public service or a career in the armed forces, eunuchs had few genuine pleasures in life.

Two of the eunuchs were searching for Trinket in the rockery, the other two were still engrossed in their argument over the notes.

There were four guards for each eunuch, and they soon had all four eunuchs pinned to the ground.

By dint of much grappling and punching the guards succeeded in silencing and immobilizing the eunuchs, who were utterly perplexed by this new turn of events.

Trinket sat down, and the guards ordered the eunuchs to kneel, which they did after a lot more kicking and punching.

Palace, and entered by the northern Gate of the Divine Warrior, Two eunuchs came out to welcome him.

Four junior eunuchs deposited everythingtwelve dishes, including one particularly delicious-looking steamed Yunnan chicken, wine, plates, bowls, and chopsticksin the outer room, gladly accepted their tip of one tael each, and took their leave.

Watching him rip open the Colonel and dissolve his corpse with the powder, and witnessing how respectfully the other eunuchs all treated him, she was beginning to realize that he was something a little out of the ordinary.

He went out to End four eunuchs waiting for him, their leader a big, nasty-looking fellow with a large protruding belly and puffed-out chest.

There was a series of thuds as two eunuchs crashed to the floor unconscious, to be followed shordy by the other two and the entire company of guards, including Zhang Kangnian.

Anyway, what right does she have to send her eunuchs in there without your permission?

Luckily it was growing dark already, and they only ran into one or two junior eunuchs on their way.

As they left by the side gate outside the Hall of Heavenly Purity, the host of guards and eunuchs on duty outside fell to their knees.