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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1麒麟阁 麒麟閣 lín Qi2 lin2 Ge2Qilin Pavilion, located in the Weiyang Palace, a hall decorated with portraits of famous officials
2麒麟殿 麒麟殿 lín diànQi2 lin2 Dian4see 麒麟阁
3麒麟菜 麒麟菜 lín càiqi2 lin2 cai4eucheuma, a type of red algae (used in TCM)
4章炳麟 章炳麟 zhāng bǐng línZhang1 Bing3 lin2Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
5天上石麟 天上石麟 tiān shàng shí líntian1 shang4 shi2 lin2One's natural genius is surpassing. (idiom)
6汤玉麟 湯玉麟 tāng línTang1 Yu4 lin2Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德 , mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth
7谭咏麟 譚詠麟 tán yǒng línTan2 Yong3 lin2Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor
8萨摩麟 薩摩麟 línSa4 mo2 lin2Samotherium (early giraffe)
9麒麟座 麒麟座 lín zuòQi2 lin2 zuo4Monoceros (constellation)
10麒麟区 麒麟區 lín Qi2 lin2 qu1Qilin district, Qujing city, Yunnan
11凤毛麟角 鳳毛麟角 fèng máo lín jiǎofeng4 mao2 lin2 jiao3lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between
12骐麟 騏驎 línqi2 lin2qilin (mythical Chinese animal); kylin; Chinese unicorn; commonly mistranslated as giraffe; variant of 麒麟 ; qilin (mythical Chinese animal); kylin; Chinese unicorn; commonly mistranslated as giraffe
13麟游县 麟遊縣 lín yóu xiànLin2 you2 Xian4Linyou County in Baoji 宝鸡 , Shaanxi
14麟游 麟遊 lín yóuLin2 you2Linyou County in Baoji 宝鸡 , Shaanxi
15麟洛乡 麟洛鄉 lín luò xiāngLin2 luo4 xiang1Linlo township in Pingtung County 屏东县 , Taiwan
16麟洛 麟洛 lín luòLin2 luo4Linlo township in Pingtung County 屏东县 , Taiwan
17麟经 麟經 lín jīngLin2 jing1another name for the Spring and Autumn annals 春秋
18麟角凤觜 麟角鳳觜 lín jiǎo fèng zuǐlin2 jiao3 feng4 zui3lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom); fig. rara avis; rarity
19麟凤龟龙 麟鳳龜龍 lín fèng guī lónglin2 feng4 gui1 long2Qilin, phoenix, tortoise, and dragon
20 línlin2female unicorn; see 麒麟 ; variant of