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林
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Definitions
- 1. woods
- 2. forest
- 3. CL:片[piàn]
- 4. circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)
- 5. a collection (of similar things)
Example Sentences
1 shown我是 林 。
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Words Containing 林
Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University
Yunlin county in Taiwan
forest encephalitis
lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery
Colin (name)
Lindian county in Daqing 大慶|大庆[dà qìng], Heilongjiang
(chemistry) aniline (loanword)
Xilingol League, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
Xinlin district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, Heilongjiang
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
Xiulin or Hsiulin township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan
(bird species of China) black eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis)
pastry cream
the Kremlin
forestation
(dialect) film (loanword)
Guilin prefecture-level city in Guangxi
Grenada
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
needle-leaved forest
Qionglin or Chiunglin township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan
Greenwich
Xilinhot City in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[xī lín guō lè méng], Inner Mongolia
Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市[xī ān shì], Shaanxi
lincomycin
Guilin precture in Guangxi
Shanlin township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
marimba (loanword)
Princeton, New Jersey
Olympus, Japanese manufacturer of cameras and optical instruments
Jilin University
woods and ravines
Lin Hwai-Min (1947-), Taiwanese choreographer and dancer
Sandy Lam (1966-), Hong Kong pop singer
see 林蔭道|林荫道[lín yìn dào]
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
Green Wall of China, a massive afforestation program on the eastern margin of the Gobi Desert aimed at stopping the desert's expansion, started in 1978 and planned to be completed by 2050
Guilin Medical University
Franklin (name)
aspirin (loanword)
an ordinary hermit lives in the seclusion of the woods; the true recluse chooses the city (idiom)
Bretton woods conference in 1944 of allied powers, regulating world exchange rates and setting up IMF and world bank
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
Olympic Games
Fenglin town in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan
Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (1888-1938), Soviet revolutionary theorist, executed after a show trial in 1937
also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province
cream (loanword)
Xinglin District of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[xià mén shì] (renamed Haicang District 海滄區|海沧区[hǎi cāng qū] in 2003)
Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
boulevard
Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress
Olympic
Limburg, Netherlands
Tallinn, capital of Estonia
Berlin Wall
Beilin District of Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[suí huà shì], Heilongjiang
Klemens Freiherr von Ketteler, German minister killed during the Boxer uprising
Xinlin district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, Heilongjiang
Lindian county in Daqing 大慶|大庆[dà qìng], Heilongjiang
Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
Linnei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
Olympia (Greece)
(bird species of China) great grey owl (Strix nebulosa)
Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
Shanlin township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
Gatling gun
Merlin
Lin Bu (967-1028), Northern Song poet
Wanbolin district of Taiyuan city 太原市[tài yuán shì], Shanxi
Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)
(bird species of China) pale-capped pigeon (Columba punicea)
Linzhou, county-level city in Anyang 安陽|安阳[ān yáng], Henan
Xilinhot City in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[xī lín guō lè méng], Inner Mongolia
Qionglin or Chiunglin township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan
Pickering (name)
Li Linfu (-752), Tang politician, chancellor under Tang emperor Xuanzong 玄宗
Brigitte Lin (1954-), Taiwanese actress
Merrill Lynch
Namling county, Tibetan: Rnam gling rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Yulin prefecture, Shaanxi
the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜, rebuilt and extended by every dynasty
clindamycin
forest fire
Alan Greenspan (1926-), US economist
jungle
Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist
Horinger county in Hohhot 呼和浩特[hū hé hào tè], Inner Mongolia
forest
aminopyrine (loanword)
Longlin various ethnic groups autonomous county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi
monsoon forest
(bird species of China) rufous-breasted bush robin (Tarsiger hyperythrus)
to stand in great numbers
forest (esp. of tall trees)
Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
Shilin Yi autonomous county in Kunming 昆明[kūn míng], Yunnan
Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty
Dublin, capital of Ireland
shrubbery
Corinth
Yulin prefecture in Guangxi
boulevard
Berlin Wall
antipyrine (loanword)
(bird species of China) Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)
Liulin county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
Wanbolin district of Taiyuan city 太原市[tài yuán shì], Shanxi
Collins (name)
plum (loanword)
Jolin Tsai (1980-), Taiwanese singer
Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese
vaseline (loanword)
Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Oberlin
Linköping University, Sweden
First epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians
Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi
Petrified forest scenic area in Shilin Yi autonomous county 石林彞族自治縣|石林彝族自治县[shí lín yí zú zì zhì xiàn] in Kunming 昆明[kūn míng], Yunnan
forestry station
Xiulin or Hsiulin township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan
(bird species of China) great myna (Acridotheres grandis)
Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei
(bird species of China) Ural owl (Strix uralensis)
Lin Fong-cheng (1940-), Taiwanese politician
Greenwich Mean Time
members of the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院, employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards
courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓|林纾[lín shū]
Hulin, county-level city in Jixi 雞西|鸡西[jī xī], Heilongjiang
Shuilin township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
São Tomé and Príncipe
forest of spear, rain of arrows
Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD
Linxi County of Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
(bird species of China) common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
tropical rain forest
woods
Shanglin county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[nán níng], Guangxi
dullard
Yulin, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi
jungle
(bird species of China) tree pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Yunlin county in Taiwan
(bird species of China) wood snipe (Gallinago nemoricola)
Tianlin county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi
Anti-Dühring, book by Friedrich Engels 恩格斯[ēn gé sī]
Ritalin (brand name)
(bird species of China) Jerdon's bush chat (Saxicola jerdoni)
reforestation
(bird species of China) collared bush robin (Tarsiger johnstoniae)
Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri, Chinese Linzhi
Shilin or Shihlin District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan
Huolin Gol, county-level city in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia
(bird species of China) barred warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
grove
Linyuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
Lin county in Henan
(bird species of China) speckled wood pigeon (Columba hodgsonii)
forestry
Beijing Forestry University
International Olympic Committee
Black Forest cake
Black Forest
Colin Firth, English actor (1960-)
(bird species of China) ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)
Bairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing
Mainling county, Tibetan: Sman gling rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet
Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, president 1993-2001
(bird species of China) fulvous-chested jungle flycatcher (Rhinomyias olivacea)
Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[wù xū liù jūn zi] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
Tianlin county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi
the Greenwich meridian
Hulin, county-level city in Jixi 雞西|鸡西[jī xī], Heilongjiang
Colin (name)
Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu \Commissioner Lin\ (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842
Olympic Stadium
see 林蔭道|林荫道[lín yìn dào]
Medellín, city in Colombia
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat
Zeppelin (name)
Greenwich
penicillin (loanword)
(bird species of China) common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
(bird species of China) wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)
The Scholars, Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吳敬梓|吴敬梓[wú jìng zǐ], an extended satire on the Imperial Examination system
concrete jungle
Muslim
articulate in speech (idiom)
Lorraine (region in France)
clindamycin
Xinglin District of Xiamen city (renamed Haicang 海滄區|海沧区[hǎi cāng qū] in 2003)
Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
armed escort
one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
unable to see the wood for the trees
muslin or mousseline silk fabric
Pinglin township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
amoxicillin (loanword)
(bird species of China) Himalayan owl (Strix nivicolum)
Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri sa khul, Chinese Linzhi
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
(bird species of China) Asian desert warbler (Sylvia nana)
Maolin township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor
bamboo forest
Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis)
Fenglin town in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan
Po Lam (area in Hong Kong)
(bird species of China) wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
sarin (loanword)
Princeton University
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)
Corinth (city of ancient Greece)
Stalingrad, former name of Volvograd 伏爾加格勒|伏尔加格勒 (1925-1961)
Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
Berlin, capital of Germany
Lin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the Chinese nationalist government (1928-1932)
Lhünzhub county, Tibetan: Lhun grub rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[lā sà], Tibet
Yuanlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller
forint (Hungarian currency) (loanword)
(bird species of China) desert whitethroat (Sylvia minula)
Technical University of Berlin, Germany (Technische Universitaet zu Berlin)
Lincoln (name)
goblin (loanword)
Lincolnshire (English county)
Thuringia (state in Germany)
Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
see 林陰大道|林阴大道[lín yīn dà dào]
secondary growth of forest
Brindisi, port city on southeast heel of Italy
Hailin, county-level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
Linyuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
Jeremy Lin (1988-), Taiwanese-American professional basketball player (NBA)
refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
Guilin prefecture-level city in Guangxi
Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution
true hero of Greenwood (refers to popular hero in Robin Hood style)
Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
Corinthians
Spelling (e.g. Spelling Entertainment Group)
piña colada
martial arts (social) circles
Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977), English movie actor and director
forest bathing: spending time in a forest, walking or deep-breathing etc, as therapy (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 森林浴 \shinrin'yoku\)
Bahrain
Linsanity
forestry
Gatling (name)
Sarah Palin (1964-), US Republican politician, State governor of Alaska from 2006
woods and marshes
Caroline Islands
Beilin District of Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[suí huà shì], Heilongjiang
equatorial rain forest
Liulin county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
Springfield
(bird species of China) spot-bellied eagle-owl (Bubo nipalensis)
mescaline (loanword)
keirin cycle race (paced stadium event) (loanword from Japanese 競輪 \keirin\)
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
in great abundance
Linnei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
Shanglin county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[nán níng], Guangxi
Princeton, New Jersey
restoring agricultural land to forest
Norbulingka (Tibetan: precious garden), summer residence of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
Jiashan National Forest Park in Shimen 石門|石门[shí mén], Changde 常德[cháng dé], Hunan
Grinnell College (private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, USA)
Namling county, Tibetan: Rnam gling rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Dalin or Talin Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
rainforest
Green or Greene (name)
ventolin, aka salbutamol, an asthma drug
transliteration of Tibetan lingka: garden
(bird species of China) Sichuan wood owl (Strix davidi)
Yulin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi
Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
virgin tropical rainforest
serac band
Xilin county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi
agriculture and forestry
Lindeblatt (name)
ringgit (monetary unit of Malaysia) (loanword)
(bird species of China) large woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus)
Xilin district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
(bird species of China) savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)
wooded mountain; mountain forest
Shilin or Shihlin District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan
(bird species of China) white-browed bush robin (Tarsiger indicus)
region of forest
Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911
Horinger county in Hohhot 呼和浩特[hū hé hào tè], Inner Mongolia
Stalinism
Princeton University
Michelin (tire company)
Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician
Ruby Lin (1976-), Taiwanese actress and pop singer
Carl Linnaeus
Forest of Steles (museum in Xi'an)
Yuanlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
Second Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians
primary forest
Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan
James Gosling (1955-), Canadian computer scientist, co-inventor of the Java programming language
St Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean island in Lesser Antilles
(bird species of China) yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus)
coconut grove
(bird species of China) Hume's whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)
forest restoration
Shilin Yi autonomous county in Kunming 昆明[kūn míng], Yunnan
(bird species of China) grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus)
see 林蔭道|林荫道[lín yìn dào]
Linxi County of Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
woodland
place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han
Hailin, county-level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
forestry
a Buddhist temple
Jia Qinglin (1940-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee 2002-2012
Huolin Gol, county-level city in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia
mixed forest
Linköping, city in southeast Sweden
see 詹姆斯·高斯林[zhān mǔ sī · gāo sī lín]
(bird species of China) Himalayan bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus)
Nyingchi county, Tibetan: Nying khri rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet
forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent
Maolin township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
(bird species of China) common whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Yulin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space
(bird species of China) plain mountain finch (Leucosticte nemoricola)
warfarin (loanword)
Pinglin township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Shuilin township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin
methicillin (a semisynthetic penicillin) (loanword)
Palin (name)
Olympic Organizing Committee
Lam Tsuen (an area in Hong Kong)
(bird species of China) Indian jungle crow (Corvus culminatus)
Dublin, capital of Ireland
taiga (loanword)
Lhünzhub county, Tibetan: Lhun grub rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[lā sà], Tibet
furacilinum (loanword)
Jilin prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
Chen Yunlin (1941-), chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会[hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì] (2008-2013)
gardens; park; landscape garden
Dalin or Talin Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
(bird species of China) brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica)
Zeppelin dirigible airship
Bairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
Clinton (name)
formalin (loanword)
Oberlin
Linz (city in Austria)
Brooklyn Bridge
afforestation
Brooklyn, borough of New York City
Carrie Lam (1957-), chief executive of Hong Kong 2017-, full name 林鄭月娥|林郑月娥[lín zhèng yuè é] Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces
see 詹姆斯·高斯林[zhān mǔ sī · gāo sī lín]
Xilingol League, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Mainling county, Tibetan: Sman gling rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet
Xilin county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
Slytherin (Harry Potter)
Yulin, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi
coppice
Linzhou, county-level city in Anyang 安陽|安阳[ān yáng], Henan
Greenwich (former location of Greenwich observatory, at zero longitude)
forest
mangrove forest or swamp
forest industry
to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)