What's the difference between shan and shun?

Shan


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The results showed that the drug "Shan-Dou-Gen" used in different regions in China at present are the roots or rhizomes derived from 9 species: Sophora tonkinensis Gagnep.
  • (2) The world's greatest snow-capped peaks, which run in a chain from the Himalayas to Tian Shan on the border of China and Kyrgyzstan, have lost no ice over the last decade, new research shows.
  • (3) "Since the elections there have been three broken ceasefires, with the Kachin, Karen and Shan minorities, a massive increase in army attacks on ethnic groups, and a sharp rise in gang rapes involving women and children.
  • (4) The survey of a population including 40-59-old males, dwellers from the rural areas of the Tien Shan and Pamirs low- and highlands, has demonstrated that atherogenic dyslipoproteinemias are significantly more infrequently encountered among high-altitude dwellers than among low-altitude ones.
  • (5) Ion-pairing extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were employed for assaying moniliformin (a fungal toxin) content in the corn (Shaanxi) and rice (Yunnan) samples collected from families suffering from Ke-shan disease.
  • (6) Later, Shanly told the group in a posting: “Sorry for being expressive, apologise for any offence.” Shanly told the Times on Tuesday that he regretted the comments he made, adding: “I completely reject the accusation of bullying and I am sure those who know me from my many years of activity in the movement would know that such a label is absurd.” Momentum is open to people who are not Labour members, and some MPs who do not support Corbyn are alarmed by its rise because they fear it will enable people previously involved in far-left groups outside Labour to exercise influence in the party.
  • (7) In lowland (760 m above sea level) and highland (3200 m above sea level) of Tien Shan, the measurements of blood pressure and blood flow in the large vessels as well as the mass of heart ventricles of 75 rabbits have been made.
  • (8) It was found that at 760 m and 2800 m (Tien-Shan) a chemoreflex mechanism maintains 13 to 18% of the total volume of eupnoic ventilation regardless of the age of the subject studied.
  • (9) were found in the land mollusks Bradybaena duplocincta and Jaminia potaniniana asiatica collected on the slopes of Tien-Shan.
  • (10) It was shown that the high-altitude conditions of the Pamirs and Tien Shan (2800-3600 m above the sea-level) modified the clinicofunctional signs and a course of the cor pulmonale (CP) in chronic bronchitis.
  • (11) Tai Shan's arrival brought 500,000 new visitors to the zoo in 2005, the director, Dennis Kelly, said.
  • (12) An epidemiologic study of 40- to 59-year-old males was carried out in order to assess the effect of ethnic characteristics and migration from high-altitude (2,000-3,500 m above sea-level) Tien Shan areas to Frunze (760 m above sea-level) and vice versa on the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) and coronary risk factors.
  • (13) As the drug "Shan-Dou-Gen" derived from different species has different actions and dosages, it is necessary to give different names to different species and use them correctly.
  • (14) Hemoacupuncture also was applied to Shan-gen, bilateral ear tip, and bulb points.
  • (15) He ventures out at night to spend time with his boy, telling Constance: "I shan't be back till late.
  • (16) Owing to security reasons, the Union Election Commission has cancelled voting in several hundred villages across the states of Kachin, Karen, Mon and Shan, and the Bago region.
  • (17) As many as 132 patients with bronchial asthma were examined for the clinical, functional and laboratory parameters before and during alpine climatotherapy at a height of 3200 m above the sea level (the Tyuya-Ashu pass, the northern Tien Shan).
  • (18) To demonstrate the progress made in the family medicine clinic at the Chung Shan Medical College Hospital and to evaluate the appropriateness of this kind of family practice setting, our patient population of 616 was investigated.
  • (19) An outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease (LD) in a college in Tang Shan in the winter of 1987 was reported.
  • (20) The epidemic levels of CVD in Ning-Xia and Shan-Xi were the highest, Its epidemic levels in the urban areas were higher than those in the rural areas.

Shun


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although there are some circumstances in which it is sensible to privatise, there are many good reasons why wholesale privatisation should be shunned .
  • (2) They shun cost-benefit analysis but soak up aid money, saying Haiti's state is incompetent and corrupt.
  • (3) "I ask all Americans with a conscience to shun anything and everything to do with the murderous state of Georgia."
  • (4) Four months after she was artificially inseminated after shunning the attentions of her prospective mate, Yang Guang, Tian Tian appears to have lost her appetite and is showing signs of moodiness and "nesting" behaviour.
  • (5) Some male relatives shunned him, believing it shameful or that he might have been a willing participant.
  • (6) Jin said China would probably support economic measures but would shun security-related action such as signing up to the Proliferation Security Initiative.
  • (7) A study released in August by the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund came to the rather interesting conclusion that if the so-called invincibles shun the new law, it will be because the plans cost more than they think they can afford and not because they feel that they are above needing healthcare coverage.
  • (8) Famously ascetic, teetotal and vegetarian, he meditates, practises yoga and shuns the trappings of office.
  • (9) Scotland remains the only country not to teach its own children its history, and the built heritage has been neglected, bulldozed or shunned by politicians fearing anything that might be construed as “too nationalistic”.
  • (10) They include: the impending introduction of free school meals for all infant pupils in England; the addition of cooking skills to the school curriculum; and last year's voluntary agreement on a clearer food-labelling scheme , although a number of major food producers have shunned it.
  • (11) He’ll face competition from Manchester City though with Pep Guardiola shunning a wealth of Barcelona and Bayern Munich stars and identifying the England man as his top transfer target during a meeting with City’s top brass in, er, Amsterdam.
  • (12) But it is also to do with a work culture that shuns initiative and rewards indolence.
  • (13) He shuns parliament, he rarely gives interviews, even to friendly media, and he runs away from reporters.
  • (14) Once raped, they are stigmatised or shunned by their own families and villages.
  • (15) Some progressives are still shunning the event, with reports both of white women feeling excluded by talk of race relations, and minority women citing privileged whites acknowledging too little, too late their struggle against chronic class and race discrimination.
  • (16) Kicking a tuft of grass and pretending not to notice they had shunned him.
  • (17) These can be done by refusing to pay tax, shunning all government functions as it will be an illegal government, and any meetings called by any minister and president, and – where possible – they must engage in simultaneous public demonstrations to express their anger and frustration."
  • (18) Choosing to help their neighbours to their own detriment over time is pretty refreshing to see.” For all that, some residents in low-income communities feel shunned by more affluent towns close by.
  • (19) It was widely assumed the Germany international would move on in January after being shunned by Mourinho at the start of the season but, as the manager now accepts, the player is the one in control.
  • (20) As we know, millions of voters shunned the heavy handed warnings from Downing Street and its remain campaign about the risk to 3m EU-linked jobs, tax rises and savage spending cuts.