Chinese Word: 麟 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

麟

Pinyin: lín

English Definition: female unicorn; see 麒麟

Chinese Definition:
①光明。［合］麟麟(光明的样子。麟，同燐)。

Total strokes: 23; Radical: 鹿

Pictophonetic:粦 indicates the sound; 鹿 (deer) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 嶙粼磷鳞

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凤毛麟角	fèng máo lín jiǎo	lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between
麒麟	qí lín	qilin (mythical Chinese animal); kylin; Chinese unicorn; commonly mistranslated as giraffe
章炳麟	zhāng bǐng lín	Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
麒麟区	qí lín qū	Qilin district, Qujing city, Yunnan
麟游县	lín yóu xiàn	Linyou County in Baoji 宝鸡 , Shaanxi

1		yǒng 永 lín 麟： shén me 什么 shì 是 “ fēi lǐ xìng 非理性 fán róng 繁荣 ” shì 是 shén me 什么 yì si 意思？ JOHN COCHRANE: What does "irrational exuberance" mean?
2		měi guó 美国 zhī jiā gē 芝加哥 dà xué 大学 jiào shòu 教授 yuē hàn 约翰 lín 麟 zhè 这 shì 是 lìng yì zhǒng 另一种 lǐ xìng 理性 de 的 jīng jì xué 经济学 mó xíng 模型 de 的 zhǔ yào 主要 chàng dǎo zhě 倡导者。 University of Chicago professor John Cochrane is another leading proponent of this rational model of economics.
3		jiā lín 嘉麟 lóu 楼 de 的 liú 刘 shī fu 师傅 shuō 说， zuì hòu 最后 de 的 chéng pǐn 成品 yīng dāng 应当 shì 是 kǎo 烤 pí 皮 fàn 泛 guāng zé 光泽， wú 无 liè fèng 裂缝， kè zì 刻字 qīng xī 清晰。 'The final product should have a luster to the skin, no cracks and clear lettering,' says the chef, who isn't related to Spring Moon's Chef Lau.