qat

/ kɑːt; kæt /

noun

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But qat is alien, both in the West and in China, and that makes it an easy target.

Some presenters claim that qat is like heroin, a depressant.

Others drink it as a tea made from dehydrated qat, packaged in powder form like instant coffee or locally popular milk tea.

The Chinese government banned qat earlier this year, and classified the plant as a dangerous narcotic.

The handout paints a dire picture, but the qat users of Guangzhou are successful businessmen.

In the Melanesian myth, dawn is cut out of the body of night by Qat, armed with a knife of red obsidian.

To heal the disastrous social malady, Qat (the maker of things, who was more or less a spider) sent for Mate—that is, Death.

Qat killed the foe and revived his brothers, as the sons of Cronus came forth alive from their father's maw.

The new-comers cut the earth with a flint-knife, as Qat cut the palpable dark with a blade of red obsidian in Melanesia.

Qat's chief friend is Marawa, a spider, or a Vui in the shape of a spider.

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