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forest / CL:
HSK 4
woods / grove / forest
HSK 4
gardens; park; landscape garden
HSK 5
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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)
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
HSK 7-9
Namling county, Tibetan: Rnam gling rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
(bird species of China) Ural owl (Strix uralensis)
Collins (name)
can't see the wood for the trees
jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery
HSK 7-9
Olympic Games; the Olympics
articulate in speech (idiom) / eloquent
forest bathing: spending time in a forest, walking or deep-breathing etc, as therapy (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 森林浴 "shinrin'yoku")
see 吉林省 / see 吉林市
Linz (city in Austria)
Black Forest / Schwarzwald
Brigitte Lin (1954-), Taiwanese actress
Jilin, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省
Gatling (name) / Richard J. Gatling (1818-1903), inventor of the Gatling gun
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
(bird species of China) grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus)
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 (2008-2013)
Gatling gun
Berlin, capital of Germany
Olympic
Jilin Province, capital Changchun 長春市|长春市 (abbr. to )
forestry
forest / forest tree
the law of the jungle
International Olympic Committee
Grinnell College (private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, USA)
the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
Boolean (math.) (Tw)
plum (loanword)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Technical University of Berlin, Germany (Technische Universitaet zu Berlin)
Brooklyn, borough of New York City
Yulin, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Brooklyn Bridge
Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Jilin University
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)
(loanword) vaseline
Linsanity / craze over Jeremy Lin 林書豪|林书豪
woods / grove / forest
(Tw) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Dublin, capital of Ireland
wooded mountain; mountain forest
secondary growth of forest
rainforest
Olympic Stadium
(loanword) aspirin
Greenwich
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own
(Protestantism) Corinth, city in Greece
region of forest
Ruby Lin (1976-), Taiwanese actress and pop singer
boulevard; avenue
(bird species of China) lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
the Kremlin
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space
Bahrain
cream (loanword)
jungle
Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang / Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977), English movie actor and director
Lin county in Henan
refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
Olympia (Greece)
Shanglin, a county in Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市, Guangxi
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943) / also called 斯大林格勒戰役|斯大林格勒战役
Xinglin District of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市 (renamed Haicang District 海滄區|海沧区 in 2003)
Lincolnshire (English county)
Berlin Wall
the Greenwich meridian
tropical rain forest
Princeton University
Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
The Scholars, satirical Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吳敬梓|吴敬梓
forestry / silviculture
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Dalin or Talin Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Greenwich (former location of Greenwich observatory, at zero longitude) / refers to Greenwich mean time
(mechanical) bearing (loanword) (Tw)
Yuanlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
martial arts (social) circles
reforestation
Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist
(name) Franklin / Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author
Stalingrad, former name of Volvograd 伏爾加格勒|伏尔加格勒 (1925-1961)
Linnei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
forestry station / forest management area

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