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Information of 林
Pinyin
lín
Radical
木
Strokes
8 strokes
Usage
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Definition
woods / forest
林 [lín]
名词
【本义】: 丛聚的树木或竹子
1. Many trees or bamboo growing on a piece of land.
Example: 树林 (forest), 森林 (woods), 林海 (sea of trees), 林薮 (1. mountain forest and small marsh; 2. a place where things are clustered).
2. Gathering of similar people or things.
Example: 书林 (library or collection of books), 艺林 (arts circle), 碑林 (a collection of monuments), 儒林 (Confucian scholars).
3. Surname.
引申义
1. 同本义 ([En.] forest; grove; woods)
- 《说文》: 林，平土有丛木曰林。
- 《尔雅·释地》: 野外谓之林。
- 《诗·小雅·白华》: 有鹤在林。
- 《周礼·地官·序官·林衡》: 每大林麓。注: "竹木生平地曰林。"
- 《释名》: 山中丛木曰林。林，森也。
- 晋·陶潜《桃花源记》: 忽逢桃花林，夹岸数百步。
- 《黔之驴》: 蔽林间窥之。
例: 竹木林; 山林 (a place with mountains and forests); 深山老林; 防护林; 林落 (forest, thicket); 林浪 (referring to dense forests); 林麓 (foothills of forests); 林泉 (woods and springs); 林错 (interspersed trees in the forest, indicating abundance).
2. 指野外或退隐的地方 ([En.] secluded place)
- 引: 张说《和魏仆射还乡》: 富贵还乡国，光辉满旧林。
例: 林木 (referring to retreat places like mountains and fields); 林下人 (reclusive person, with 林 indicating a place of retreat); 林丘 (referring to hidden places).
3. 泛指人或事物的会聚，汇集处 ([En.] circle)
- 引: 司马迁《报任安书》: 士有此五者，然后可以托于世，而列于君子之林矣。
例: 林府 (a place where many things gather); 林薮 (a metaphor for a place where things cluster).
4. 郊外，野外 ([En.] suburb).
- 例: 林坰 (suburban area, where the wilderness is referred to as 林, while outside is called 垌).
5. 林业 ([En.] forestry).
- 例: 农林牧副渔各行各业 (agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery, among all trades).
6. 姓.
形容词
1. 众多的样子 ([En.] various)
- 引: 《白虎通》: 林者，众也。万物成熟，种类众多也。
- 柳宗元《贞符》: 惟人之初，总总而生，林林而群。
例: 林戈 (numerous, as in a forest); 林立 (standing densely like a forest, indicating abundance).
form a band and take to the greenwood / call each other to form a gang in the forest / go to the greenwood / take refuge in the forests / take to the forest
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) / Xinglin district of Xiamen city (renamed Haicang 海沧区 in 2003)
Input Method for 林
Pinyin
lin2
Wubi
ssy
Cangjie
dd
Zhengma
ffvv
Four Corner
44990
Unicode
U+6797
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