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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)
Linz (city in Austria)
Brigitte Lin (1954-), Taiwanese actress
forestry
forest / forest tree
Linsanity / craze over Jeremy Lin 林書豪|林书豪
woods / grove / forest
region of forest
Ruby Lin (1976-), Taiwanese actress and pop singer
boulevard; avenue
Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang / Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Lin county in Henan
Lincolnshire (English county)
Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
Linnei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
forestry station / forest management area
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
woodland
it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)
(bird species of China) savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)
Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
forest fire
woods and ravines / tranquillity of trees and valleys
Lincoln (name) / Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), US president 1861-1865 / Lincoln, US car make
transliteration of Tibetan lingka: garden
Lin Biao (1908–1971), Chinese army leader at the time of the Cultural Revolution
Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress
Jeremy Lin (1988-), Taiwanese-American professional basketball player (NBA)
(bird species of China) wood snipe (Gallinago nemoricola)
Lin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the Chinese nationalist government (1928-1932)
forestry
forest industry / forestry
Linzhou, a county-level city in Anyang City 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
Linköping, city in southeast Sweden
Carrie Lam (1957-), chief executive of Hong Kong 2017-, full name 林鄭月娥|林郑月娥 Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
Linköping University, Sweden
lincomycin
Lin Fong-cheng (1940-), Taiwanese politician
Limburg, Netherlands / Limbourg, Belgium
(bird species of China) tree pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
(bird species of China) great myna (Acridotheres grandis)
Carl Linnaeus / Carl Linné
Lin Bu (967-1028), Northern Song poet
Sandy Lam (1966-), Hong Kong pop singer
Nyingchi, prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区
(bird species of China) black eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis)
Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
Lindian, a county in Daqing City 大慶市|大庆市, Heilongjiang
Lindeblatt (name)
Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese
Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician
(bird species of China) plain mountain finch (Leucosticte nemoricola)
to stand in great numbers
(bird species of China) common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Lhünzhub county, Tibetan: Lhun grub rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨, Tibet
in great abundance / numerous
woods and marshes
(bird species of China) wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Linxi, a county in Chifeng City 赤峰市, Inner Mongolia
Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor
Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin
boulevard / tree-lined avenue / CL: 條|条
Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Lam Tsuen (an area in Hong Kong)
Lhünzhub county, Tibetan: Lhun grub rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨, Tibet
(bird species of China) wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
ringgit (monetary unit of Malaysia) (loanword)
(bird species of China) spot-bellied eagle-owl (Ketupa nipalensis)
Lin Hwai-Min (1947-), Taiwanese choreographer and dancer
Linnei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan


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