What is "manchu"

Usage examples of "manchu".

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Obscurus had already recognized Shifu Liu as the renowned Iron Dragon, the kungfu Master who had done so much to save the Mu Family when they were on the run from the Manchu troops.

Lamaist Buddhism enjoyed the patronage of the Manchu Court, and in Peking lamas seemed to think they possessed some kind of diplomatic immunity, and could get away with all manner of misbehaviour as a result.

The native dynasty of the Mings which attempted re-nationalisation in the middle of the fifteenth century was harassed by internal troubles, and China again fell under the alien rule of the Manchus in the seventeenth century.

Manchu Court were likely to be connected with the Triads in some way, and wondered if he could find some means of freeing them.

Feng and the Triads now professed themselves wholly convinced that Trinket was indeed the heroic slayer of the evil Manchu Regent.

The Ten Day Massacre of Yangzhou by the Manchus was mentioned, and Kang Xi said that one thing he was planning to do was to grant freedom from taxes to that city for several years.

In order to explain his strategy for dealing with Wu Sangui, Kang Xi got up and found four stones to represent the Four Satrapsthe collaborationist Chinese generals whom the Manchus had rewarded with semi-autonomous fiefdoms, each stationed with his own army in one of the outer provinces of the 406 Empire.

He meets and befriends the young Manchu monarch Kang Xi, whom he knows as Misty, and who calls him by the affectionate nickname Laurie.

Manchu One, take the aid station, combat trains, the UMCP and the mortars back to the BSA, time now.

LOYALIST This is the general term for those elements loyal to the ancien regime of the Ming dynasty, during the early years of the Manchu conquest.

In the early years of the Manchu Emperor Rang Xi, the street beside the lake, known as the Alley of Chiming Jade, was famed for its high concentration of pleasure-houses, and for the beauty of its singsong-girls (whose skills extended to a great deal more than bel canto).

His skin was not pale yellow-brown, but a smooth chrome yellow, the color of a comic-book Fu Manchu.

And remember that though the Green-Eyed Devil himself will honor his promise and so will his descendents, he is still a mad-dog barbarian, cunning as a filthy Manchu because of our training, and as dangerous always as a nest of vipers.

The dancing had given place to a floor show which was focusing the breathless attention of the pop-eyed sightseers upon the stage, where two huge, iron- muscled Manchus were putting on a ceremonious broadsword contest.