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But the term xi'nanyi is more accurately understood as a combination of Southern Barbarians (nanyi) and Western Barbarians (xiyi), since in most cases the Han Dynasty considered them as such. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The term xi'nan remained an administrative term, but was revoked during the 1960s when the CCP misread the international situation and prepared for the coming of a world war. ❋ Unknown (2008)

During the Sino-Japanese War (1937 – 1945), when the nationalist government and numerous refugees moved into Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou, the term xi'nan often appeared in all sorts of media, and served as a synonym for the "Great Rear" (dahoufang). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Furthermore, the term xi'nanyi gradually disappeared from imperial records after the Eastern Han until the late Qing, when scholars began to give more attention to Yunnan and other frontier areas. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Scholars in China have begun using the term xi'nan again, regarding it as a macroregion with local characteristics and identity. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Xi'nan, to Skinner, lacks the connotation of the sort of internal homogeneity necessary for a physiographical region. 16 Many Western scholars accept Skinner's Yunnan-Guizhou macroregion (hereafter, Yun-Gui), sometimes under the term xi'nan. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"This gift translates into guan xi, which is important to the Chinese and means good contacts, good relationships." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Foreword xi wide variety of topics and themes in this book, there will be something for everyone and hopefully much for all. ❋ Sahmozac (2010)

He acknowledges changing the rules might hurt his won-loss record: "I realized that fewer people wanted to play me because I like to use words like 'xi' and 'xu,' which most casual players consider to be a form of black magic." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sara Lee's international operations, such as xi impacts on reported earnings from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly the euro; ❋ Unknown (2010)

One need not be a follower of World Cup Soccer to know that the mere name of a country can stir emotions.xi ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

A decade ago, that fraction was only one-sixth.xi On top of the language factor, students who take the test annually in over 170 countries and territories, from the Aaland Islands to Zimbabwe, must contend with often-strange concepts that show up on the test. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

But if I say “You have roses gorgeous in your garden,” you may be too puzzled by my English to hear a compliment to your horticultural skill.xi ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

An “xi” in a Mandarin Chinese word would sound much like the English word “she”. ❋ Unknown (2010)

III. xi --- Antony, bitterly ashamed, asks his commanders to sequence his gold as good as be left to safety. ❋ Admin (2009)

TheCAFEstandard uses a weighted harmonic mean which is just: , where the weights wi are associated with the data xi. ❋ Unknown (2010)