Linyi
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English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Mandarin 臨沂 / 临沂 (Línyí).
Proper noun
[edit]Linyi
- A prefecture-level city in southern Shandong, China.
- 2009 July 14, Liu Zhen, Lucy Hornby, “China bans electro-shock therapy for Internet addicts”, in Miral Fahmy, editor, Reuters[1], archived from the original on 13 May 2022, Lifestyle[2]:
- China has banned electro-shock therapy as a treatment for Internet addiction, citing uncertainty in the safety and effectiveness of the practice after criticism in the local media.
The Ministry of Health announcement followed recent media reports about a controversial psychiatrist in Linyi, Shandong Province, who administered electric currents to nearly 3,000 teenagers in an attempt to rid them of their Internet habit.
Translations
[edit]a prefecture-level city in China
Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Linyi
- A county of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.
- 1975 September 12 [1975 September 9], “Shansi Prefecture Holds Forum on 'Water Margin'”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 178, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Taiyuan Shansi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: North Region, page K 3:
- "After the publication of the great leader Chairman Mao's instruction on commenting on 'Water Margin', the 1,300 or so representatives attending a Yuncheng prefectural conference on wheat production launched enthusiastic study and comment on it. […]
(Sun Chang-hsiang), chairman of the revolutionary committee of (Shihwu) brigade in Linyi County, said: "We shall persist in launching serious comment and discussion on 'Water Margin' so that everyone will see clearly the true colors of the capitulationists.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Linyi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1747, column 3