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Definition of Chinese date
1. Noun. Dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit, Drupe, Stone Fruit
Group relationships: Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem Thorn, Jujube, Jujube Bush, Ziziphus Jujuba
Definition of Chinese date
1. Noun. jujube (fruit & tree) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Date
Literary usage of Chinese date
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1910)
"Done at Peking, this second day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eight corresponding with the Chinese date the fourth day of ..."
2. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"Done at Peking, May twenty fourth in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Nine corresponding with the Chinese date sixth day of the fourth ..."
3. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"Done at Peking, this second day of July in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Eight corresponding with the Chinese date the Fourth Day of ..."
4. The History of China by Demetrius Charles de Kavanagh Boulger (1898)
"... one thousand eight hundred and forty-two ; corresponding with the Chinese
date, twenty-fourth day of the seventh month, in the twenty-second year of ..."
5. The Chinese Repository edited by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Willaims (1844)
"... on the 29th day of August AD 1842, corresponding with the Chinese date of the
24th day of the 7th month of the 22d year of ..."
6. China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and Manufacturers by Henry Charles Sirr (1849)
"Done at Hong-Kong, the 26th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three ;
corresponding with the Chinese date, Taou-kwang twenty-third year, ..."
7. A Short History of China: An Account for the General Reader of an Ancient by Demetrius Charles de Kavanagh Boulger (1900)
"... one thousand eight hundred and forty-two ; corresponding with the Chinese
date, twenty-fourth day of the seventh month, in the twenty- second year of ..."
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