Sentence examples for tou from inspiring English sources

The word "tou" is not an English word and not considered correct English.
It is not used in written English.

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Savaged by economic and political strife, Greece produced one film of distinction, Ektoras Lygizos's To agori troei to fagito tou pouliou (Boy Eating the Bird's Food), a stark parable of hard times.

In a series of novels, beginning with Víos ke politía tou Aléxi Zorbá (1946; Zorba the Greek) and continuing with his masterpiece O Christos xanastavronete (1954; Christ Recrucified), he embodied a synthesis of ideas from various philosophies and religions in larger-than-life characters who wrestle with great problems, such as the existence of God and the purpose of human life.

In 1886 Palamás published his first collection of poems, Tragoudia tes Patridos mou ("Songs of My Country"), followed by Iamboi kai Anapaestoi (1897; "Iambs and Anapaests"), Asalefte Zoe (1904; Life Immovable), Dodecalogos tou Gyftou (1907; "The Twelve Lays of the Gypsy"), and I flogera tou Vasilia (1910; "The King's Flute").

Nevertheless, other writings survive, including his mathematical treatise Yigu yanduan (1259; "New Steps in Computation") and a literary work, Jingzhai gu jin tou ("Jingzhai's Essay on Past and Present").

For example, Modern Standard Chinese tian 'sky, heaven, day' is a one-syllable word; ritou 'sun' is composed of ri 'sun, day,' a word element that cannot occur alone as a word, and the noun suffix tou; and hudie 'butterfly' consists of two syllables, each having no meaning in itself (this is a rare type of word formation).

Saint John Climacus, (born c. 579 died c. 649, Mt. Sinai, Sinai Peninsula; feast day March 30) Byzantine monk and author of Climax tou paradeisou (Greek: "The Ladder of Divine Ascent," the source of his name "John of the Ladder"), a handbook on the ascetical and mystical life that has become a Christian spiritual classic.

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There's a syllabic rhythm to the verses which makes the yawning vowels of the chorus ("tou-ou-ouch") aerial and cathartic.

In a widely circulated piece, Leung Man-tou, a Hong Kong writer and television commentator, argued that Han has the makings of "another Lu Xun," China's most celebrated social critic.

The most common suffixes that indicate nouns are -zi (as in fangzi 'house'), and -tou (as in mutou 'wood'wood

" 'Hero' does not have the courage to present the massacres Qin Shihuang ordered in the name of peace under heaven," said Tou Jiangming, writing in The Sat-China Weekly.

Male victims: 1. Yu Hui, 34, from Yang Bian village, Gang Tou town, Fuqing city, was married with two sons aged 15 and nine.

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