Sentence examples for chau from inspiring English sources
Ascending the throne in 1460, Le Thanh Tong divided the empire into 13 circuits (similar to Chinese provinces), each of which was subdivided into prefectures (phu), districts (huyen), and departments (chau).
A plot line has been set up involving the young prophet Kevin Tran (Osric Chau) and the search for a spell that could rid the world of nasty supernatural beings.
They offered sizzling interpretations of sultry and rhythmically vibrant works by the pianist and composer Fernando Otero in a segment called "Tango Argentina!" That part of the program also included an elegant rendition of Piazzolla's "Chau Paris" by the Poulenc Trio.
Mr Chau is a professor at the University of Chicago and a naturalised citizen of France, where he completed his PhD.Who can blame him?
The best and brightest, like Mr Chau, rarely return.Efforts to reform public universities have floundered.
Policemen invited to maintain order at these occasions are paid with cash, good food and liquor.In the view of local officials, Mr Chau argues, temples play the same kind of role as commercial enterprises.
US television hit Supernatural gets the Hillywood Show treatment in a parody that includes Angels, Demons, Crowley, and the Chevy Impala, starring Osric Chau, Rib Benedict and a host of guest cameo performances from the cast.
Ngo Bao Chau, a mathematician who won the Fields Medal, the discipline's highest accolade, in 2010 for his work in a branch of mathematics known as group theory, is one such.
WHEN Ngo Bao Chau won a Fields Medal, the mathematics version of a Nobel prize, it made headline news in his native Vietnam.
In his book "Miraculous Response", Adam Yuet Chau of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London says that temples applying for official registration typically have to treat local officials to banquets.
Trucks carrying containers to and from Hong Kong's port cross the border at another checkpoint, Lok Ma Chau, and often have to queue for as long as eight hours before getting customs clearance.Canning Fok, managing director of Li Ka-shing's flagship company Hutchison Whampoa, says such bottlenecks are bigger problems than the travel times of containers by land or water.
