Example Sentences

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The warriors, their oiled bodies gleaming, danced and chanted, "Yao, yao, we abide, we abide, what was foretold has come to pass."

From Time Magazine Archive

He has learned a lot of Pashto during his six weeks in Afghanistan, but the phrase he uses most often is yao wradz, meaning "one day..."

From Time Magazine Archive

Peasants in Sichuan used to say, "yao chi liang, Zhao Ziyang"�a rhyming pun meaning "If you want to eat, Zhao is your man."

From Time Magazine Archive

Bu yao fa feng, she used to tell them all the time — stop acting crazy.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

All characters, however, do not yield at once to the application of our rule. 要 yao "to will, to want," is composed of 西 "west" and 女 "woman."

From China and the Chinese by Giles, Herbert Allen