Chinese Word: 霖 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

霖

Pinyin: lín

English Definition: continued rain

Chinese Definition:
①久下不停的雨：霖雨。霖沥。霖霖。甘霖(ａ．对农作物有利的雨；b．喻恩泽)。

Total strokes: 16; Radical: 雨

Pictophonetic:林 indicates the sound; 雨 (rain) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 霜

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田长霖	tián cháng lín	Chang-lin Tien (1935-2002), Chinese-American professor and chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley 1990-1997
春霖	chūn lín	spring rains
张作霖	zhāng zuò lín	Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
甘霖普降	gān lín pǔ jiàng	Seasonable rain has fallen everywhere. (idiom)
普降甘霖	pǔ jiàng gān lín	timely rain for all drought areas (idiom)

1		zhèng zài 正在 guò wǎng 过往 de 的 jì 伎 jiē 喈 nián 年， xiān jìn 先进 de 的 yī 医 lín 霖 pó 婆 yì 艺 yí 彝 lù dé 鹿得 rén men 人们 bǐ 比 guò wǎng 过往 huó 活 de 的 shí fēn 时分 gèng 更 shào 少 chéng wéi 成为 kě yǐ 可以 huò xǔ 或许。 In the last decades, advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past.
2		yīng guó 英国 gōng yè 工业 lián méng 联盟 chēng 称 yǐ 已 tí míng 提名 gě 葛 lín 霖 wèi 为 fù zǒng cái 副总裁， zì 自 2010年 6月 kāi shǐ 开始 rèn qī 任期 yī nián 一年。 suí hòu 随后 tā 他 qiāng 将 jiē tì 接替 mù qián 目前 HelenAlexander de 的 zǒng cái 总裁 yī 一 zhí 职， rèn qī 任期 wèi 为 liǎng nián 两年。 The CBI said it had nominated Green to serve as deputy president for a year from June 2010. He will then succeed current president Helen Alexander for a two-year term in the non-executive role.