Erh-lien

From Mandarin 二連 / 二连 (Èrlián), Wade–Giles romanization: Êrh⁴-lien².

Erh-lien

1. Alternative form of Erlian (Erenhot).
   • 1978, Hsia Chih-yen, translated by Liang-lao Dee, The Coldest Winter in Peking‎^[1], Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 249:

     The area southwest of Erh-lien, where the border conflict was unfolding, was seen in the photographs covering the two-hundred-square-kilometer area. The analysts noted the nearly six hundred tanks of all sizes, the automatic recoilless guns, as well as the armored trucks and transport vehicles, deployed in combat-ready positions. A large-scale offensive maneuver was indicated.

   • 1991, John Colvin, “Journeys to China”, in Twice Around the World: Some memoirs of diplomatic life in North Vietnam and Outer Mongolia‎^[2], London: Leo Cooper, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 187:

     Mr Ho also told us that Erh-lien had a population of 10,000. A fertilizer factory lay a mile to the south. The town’s water supply was pumped underground from thirty miles away, vegetables were, at least in summer, of local origin; in this arid region, with the limitless semi-desert bearing only isolated and scrawny scrub, it seemed implausible. In reply to my question, he said that Chinese only, not Mongol, was taught in the schools of Inner Mongolia.