China rose

noun

: any of numerous garden roses derived from a shrubby Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis)

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Domestic games revenue in China rose 23% year-on-year to 33.2 billion yuan in the fourth quarter. Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025 Tesla has also benefited from selling cars in China’s fast-growing electric vehicle market: Sales in China rose 8.8 percent in 2024, a year in which the company’s global sales fell for the first time. Joshua Keating, Vox, 18 Mar. 2025 In December 2024, U.S. imports of household appliances from China rose by 9.6 percent, as companies rushed to bring in inventory ahead of the tariff deadline. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025 Japanese skin care brand SK-II’s sales in Greater China rose in the second quarter, but the region in general remains challenging for parent company Procter & Gamble. Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 22 Jan. 2025 That capped a year when U.S. imports of bedding, plastic toys, machinery and other products from China rose 15% from 2023, according to Descartes. Lisa Baertlein and Ellen Zhang, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025 Chinese-language films in the IMAX format as a percentage of the group’s box office in mainland China rose to 61.5% in 2023 from 58.8% a year earlier. Russell Flannery, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 Florence Lo | Reuters Major Asian chip stocks outside of China rose Tuesday, shrugging off a new round of U.S. semiconductor export curbs aimed at impairing Beijing’s capability to produce certain high-end chips. Dylan Butts, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024 Over the last quarter, sales to China rose by 50% year-over-year. Trefis Team, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1771, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of China rose was in 1771

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“China rose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/China%20rose. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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