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(China) An administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian)..
[…]the Party committee of Peiyuanmen commune of Lienhu ch'u in Sian municipality has since the year before last set up outside-school cultural activity centers in the commune headquarters and in various neighborhood committees.
At the time of the elections (1980) Nanjing was subdivided into three suburban counties (xian) and nine urban districts (qu).
As we have seen, the people of Guide/Shangqiu have traced the history of their city back well before the Ming and especially to the Han period. The People's Republic has recognized that heritage by naming the district subordinate to Shangqiu city the Liangyuan qu (Liang Garden District) and the district subordinate to Guide the Suiyang qu (Suiyang District) (see Map 3).
Use qu when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Qu means (China) An administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian)..
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[…]the Party committee of Peiyuanmen commune of Lienhu ch'u in Sian municipality has since the year before last set up outside-school cultural activity centers in the commune headquarters and in various neighborhood committees.
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