(n.) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is believed he completed filming on the project alongside Joss Ackland, Steven Berkoff and Edward Fox and the movie is due to be released next year.
(2) Greenpeace energy campaigner, Joss Garman, said: "David Cameron made the introduction of new rules to stop the most polluting power stations one of his flagship green policies, and Nick Clegg helped ensure it was a key part of the coalition agreement.
(3) During the 1950s, he had another relationship which resulted in the birth of his first son, Joss Bennathan, but the boy's mother did not want to marry.
(4) It was nominated for a Hugo Award (the sci-fi Oscars) alongside Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who and convinced Buffy creator Joss Whedon to migrate to the net ("It was probably the best episode of the original Star Trek I'd ever seen," he said).
(5) In a forthcoming, illuminating feature from Irish film-maker Des Doyle, the Kickstarter-funded Showrunners: A Documentary Film , the august likes of Joss Whedon (Buffy and soon-to-air Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
(6) He is survived by Marlene, his sons Joss and Andy, daughter Julia, and by seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
(7) "It was down to four or five people and Joss said, 'Why the hell aren't you playing Thor?'
(8) With Joss Whedon returning to the director’s chair and providing the whip-smart dialogue, the sequel promises to be the comic-book movie that superhero naysayers just can’t help enjoying, providing the endgame doesn’t descend too far into Transformers-style brain-battery this time around.
(9) The idea that Nolan has taken on the Joss Whedon role for Warner makes absolute sense in the wake of his accepting the producer's role on Man of Steel.
(10) It feels like Joss Whedon has been writing the script for this NBA season, killing or otherwise writing-off popular favorites as if purposely trying to cause fans as much emotional pain as possible.
(11) Joss Whedon was stuck in London after a knee operation while Scarlett Johansson, pregnant, was also unable to come.
(12) Joss Garman, climate campaigner at Greenpeace UK, said: "This application is a worrying sign that the government has failed to shut the door completely on dirty coal in the UK.
(13) The dialogue of Joss Merlyn, the landlord of the Jamaica Inn played by Sean Harris, proved particularly problematic.
(14) Well Happy, which launched at the healthcare innovation expo on 13 March , has also been supported by various celebrities including singer Joss Stone, former Eastenders' star Joe Swash, designer Sadie Frost and actor Ralph Little.
(15) Jagger has formed a new band, SuperHeavy, with singer Joss Stone and Eurythmics founder Dave Stewart, and continues to produce films through his own production company.
(16) Fillion and Harris singing together is basically the same thing as Joss Whedon's Dr Horrible, except the duo was separated less than 30 seconds after they reunited and we all got a little bored again.
(17) Joss Garman, political director of Greenpeace, said: "Green-lighting a whole fleet of new fossil fuel power stations would cause a huge jump in emissions and blow this autumn's once-in-a-generation opportunity to replace dirty power stations with clean ones."
(18) Yang Ailun is head of climate and energy for Greenpeace China Joss Garman: It all hinges on Europe It happened before the Rio Earth Summit and also before Kyoto.
(19) Joss Garman, a Greenpeace campaigner, said: "By stripping away the simple requirement that our power stations need to become more efficient and less polluting, Clegg and Davey are undoing whatever good work their party has done on the environment since entering government.
(20) Yet after wrapping the thriller A Perfect Getaway, he suffered eight months of unemployment ("I couldn't get hired, I couldn't get a job") before finally landing a part in postmodern horror Cabin In The Woods, produced and co-written by Joss Whedon, later to direct Avengers Assemble.