"Ansai" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌɑːnˈsaɪ/
Etymology: From Mandarin 安塞 (Ānsài). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|安塞}} Mandarin 安塞 (Ānsài) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ansai
  1. A district of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. Wikipedia link: Ansai Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Shaanxi Translations (district): 安塞 (Ānsài) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Ansai-en-name-Cdk8v0TA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Thus, whatever her personal sense of loss and anxiety, she does not so much create an oppositional concept of filial piety as refashion the more public Confucianized image.⁴⁹ There is perhaps some equivalence to this in the Ansai district of Shaanbei, where the folksongs collected by Yellow Earth's film-makers originated, a regional song type identified at the outset of the film as xintianyou.⁵⁰",
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          "ref": "2018 October 23, “Autumn scenery of Wangjiawan Danxia landform in Shaanxi(1/8)”, in Li Yan, editor, China News Service, archived from the original on 2018-11-03",
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