What is "yao"

Usage examples of "yao".

Nah Ree, the youth named Yao Che managed to ground his increasingly waterlogged raft on a sandbar, where it turned end for end, dumped him into the shallows, and took off for parts unknown.

There was very little to do but play a game of stones, argue over inconsequential matters, and pepper Yao Che with questions.

Stepping forward, then sliding along the front rank of onlookers, his mouth open in what he hoped was an expression of wonderment, Yao Che waited for the next set of flares to go off.

Prince Mee Mas, who sat next to the ambassador, Yao Che, who looked uncomfortable in a brand-new set of clothes, and Christine Vanderveen, who looked absolutely radiant.

Conscious of how important it was to exit Polwa as early as possible Yao Che flicked his whip yet again and glanced back over his shoulder.

Like Yao Che they wanted to escape the city and the Tro Wa as early in the day as possible and seek shelter in the foothills.

Santana had been worried about since there was always the possibility of treachery, especially given the fact that the drivers no doubt assumed that Yao Che was alone.

Consequently, Santana used the next rotation as an opportunity to hit the ground, drift back to where Yao Che was walking, and engage the youngster in conversation.

They marched through a field of something similar to wheat, passed a recently burned-out hut, and hit one of the tracks that Yao Che had predicted would be there.

They were mounted, a trail of razbul shit left little doubt as to that, and Yao Che estimated that as many as eight animals had passed that way.

Pwi Qui wailed, the sound of her grief requiring no translation, as Yao Che sought to comfort her.

Ply Pog, the same ruffian who had befriended Yao Che on his journey to Mys, who felt the need to pee and wandered down to the edge of the river.

The logs taken from the rafts were difficult to move, but Yao Che took pleasure in the fact that they had been taken from the spirit grove near his home, and knew that once in position they would continue to protect the villagers of Nah Ree.

Via aimed his flashlight at the paper and Yao Che read the words out loud.

Yao Che is based on the real life Yao Chen-Yuan and other Chinese, who took terrible risks on behalf of the foreigners and often paid with their lives.