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forest / CL:
HSK 4
woods / grove / forest
HSK 4
gardens; park; landscape garden
HSK 5
jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery
HSK 7-9
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
HSK 7-9
Muslim
HSK 7-9
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Lin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the Chinese nationalist government (1928-1932)
Beijing Forestry University
Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin
(dialect) film (loanword) / roll of film
Linnei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Boolean (math.) (Tw)
plum (loanword)
Berlin Wall
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
forest / forest tree
Brooklyn, borough of New York City
(proverb) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest
(loanword) vaseline
Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911
refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
articulate in speech (idiom) / eloquent
Tallinn, capital of Estonia
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  *林* | 林* | *林
surname Lin / Japanese surname Hayashi
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  *林* | 林* | *林
(bound form) woods; forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things)
Yulin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
Yunlin county in Taiwan
Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
Beilin District of Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市, Heilongjiang
Greenwich (former location of Greenwich observatory, at zero longitude) / refers to Greenwich mean time
Lincoln (name) / Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), US president 1861-1865 / Lincoln, US car make
Olympic
Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang / Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
region of forest
Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Bahrain
Xilin county in Baise 百色, Guangxi
Xinglin District of Xiamen city (renamed Haicang 海滄區|海沧区 in 2003)
forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery / sumptuous entertainment
Yunlin county in Taiwan
wooded mountain; mountain forest
aspirin (loanword) (variant of 阿司匹林)
Shilin or Shihlin District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan
Dalin or Talin Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Linnei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
forint (Hungarian currency) (loanword)
Green or Greene (name)
Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (1888-1938), Soviet revolutionary theorist, executed after a show trial in 1937
mangrove forest or swamp
Po Lam (area in Hong Kong)
Colin (name)
Jilin Province, capital Changchun 長春市|长春市 (abbr. to )
tropical rain forest
Kobayashi (Japanese surname)
Berlin, capital of Germany
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Olympic Games; the Olympics
Xinlin district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, Heilongjiang
Dublin, capital of Ireland
Olympia (Greece)
to stand in great numbers
forestation
Fenglin town in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
(mechanical) bearing (loanword) (Tw)
(name) Franklin / Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author
forest industry / forestry
Qionglin or Chiunglin township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
agriculture and forestry
Limburg, Netherlands / Limbourg, Belgium
Colin (name)
the Kremlin
Lindian county in Daqing 大慶|大庆, Heilongjiang
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Fenglin town in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
see 吉林省 / see 吉林市
Merlin
martial arts (social) circles
Wanbolin district of Taiyuan city 太原市, Shanxi
in great abundance / numerous
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Brindisi, port city on southeast heel of Italy
Shanglin county in Nanning 南寧|南宁, Guangxi
Lorraine (region in France)
penicillin (loanword)
São Tomé and Príncipe
Springfield
(Tw) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
(loanword) formalin
Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
Xilinhot City in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
Yuanlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
boulevard; avenue
(Tw) (loanword) formalin
Clinton (name) / Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, President 1993-2001 / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Linxi County of Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Grenada

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