Tianshui

Proper noun

1. A prefecture-level city of Gansu, in northwestern China.
   • The spectacular cave shrines of Maichishan in southern Kansu have always been known to the citizens of T‘ien-shui (Ch‘in-chou) about thirty miles to the northwest. - [1969, Michael Sullivan, “Foreword”, in The Cave...
   • On the map Gansu is shaped like a dumbbell lying obliquely from east to west. Its best known city is Lanjhou, the capital, and also the gateway to the Silk Road. But we did not go there; we were heading for a relatively...
   • Smoke was used to make Friday’s drill at Yifu Experimental Middle School in Gansu province more realistic, but the volume generated was too large, said the official Xinhua News Agency. It said Friday’s drill was jointly...