shan

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Editorial note

As they get up to speed on firmware exploits, the fit will really be hitting the shan.

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Quick take

The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family.

noun

A state of Myanmar.

noun

The Shan Pass: a mountain pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shan.

noun

The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family.

noun

A state of Myanmar.

noun

The Shan Pass: a mountain pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain.

adjective

Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language.

Example sentences

As they get up to speed on firmware exploits, the fit will really be hitting the shan.

What failsafes are there to guarantee that this very plugin shan't itself break after a particular update?

Thou shan't worry much on the first challenge though, it allows for 48 hours.

I shan't link Too bad, you could have stolen the entire HN user base in one fell swoop.

There are nuances beyond all this of course, but that's a wall of text I shan't inflict upon you.

Thanks, and yes, this was a collaboration with Kevin Quealy and Shan Carter.

Some have already commented on the link baitedness of the title, so shan't.

I shan't give my life history, but I have been incredibly fortunately to find like-minded collaborators both locally and globally.

Unless of course Xapo actually has tunneled vaults deep in the mountains of Tai Mo Shan where they store shiny piles and piles of bitcoins...

If he jumps off the Brooklyn Bridge, I shan't shed a tear.

For relatively small sizes of N this is not a problem, but once something needs to scale (which is often the case if your creation becomes successful) then the proverbial fit hits the shan.

—Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan’t have lied.

Quote examples

Ironically, their rivalry with Marley Marl and MC Shan was started with the song "The Bridge" which featured a prominent TR-808.

"Fix my code" has yet to produce a tangible result, but I shan't give up easily!

On a trip to Hsipaw in Myanmar we visited the "Shan Palace" where the cousin of the deceased Shan Prince narrated his absolutely fascinating story of how he met his austrian wife in Colorado in the nineteen thirtees, took her back to Burma where she only upon arrival in Yangon realized that she fell in love with a real prince.

> I particularly love that you used the word "ascend"; I shan't be the first to compare positivism to scientism Scientism is an irrational confidence in science as an answer to all the world's problems.

Proper noun examples

It is assumed that the Proto-Bulgarian ethnos was formed in Central Asia (East Kazakhstan ) between the Caspian Sea and mountain Imeon (Pamir, Hindu Kush and Tian Shan).