Thread: Cheong-sam
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Old 09-11-2003, 05:43 AM   #9
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The name "cheongsam," meaning simply "long dress," entered the English vocabulary from the dialect of China's Guangdong Province (Cantonese). In other parts of the country including Beijing, however, it is known as "qipao", which has a history behind it.
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