丛林 (叢林)
cóng lín
Pinyin

Definition

丛林 (叢林)
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cóng lín
  1. jungle
  2. thicket
  3. forest
  4. Buddhist monastery

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吉林
Jí lín
  1. 1 Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 長春|长春
  2. 2 also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province
少林寺
Shào lín Sì
  1. 1 Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
林
Lín
  1. 1 surname Lin
  2. 2 Japanese surname Hayashi
林黛玉
Lín Dài yù
  1. 1 Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
桂林
Guì lín
  1. 1 Guilin prefecture-level city in Guangxi

Idioms (7)

单丝不成线，独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
杞梓之林
Qǐ zǐ zhī lín
  1. 1 forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent
林子大了，什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
  1. 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
独木不成林
dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
  2. 2 one cannot accomplish much on one's own

Sample Sentences

必须学会处理好复杂的关系，才有资格安全生活在丛林之中
bìxū xuéhuì chǔlǐ hǎo fùzá de guānxi ，cái yǒu zīgé ānquán shēnghuó zài cónglín zhīzhōng
We must learn to deal with complex relationships before we are qualified to live safely in the jungle.
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告诉你社会就好比一个丛林，你身边有无尽的争斗和猜忌，匕首和陷阱，
gàosu nǐ shèhuì jiù hǎobǐ yī ge cónglín ，nǐ shēnbiān yǒu wújìn de zhēngdòu hé cāijì ，bǐshǒu hé xiànjǐng ，
telling you that society is like a jungle, you have endless battles and suspicions, daggers and traps.
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大家看，在我们面前的就是嵩山少林寺。它是少林武术的发源地。由于处于丛林中，所以取名“少林寺”。
dàjiā kàn ，zài wǒmen miànqián de jiùshì Sōngshān shàolínsì 。tā shì shàolín wǔshù de fāyuándì 。yóuyú chǔyú cónglín zhōng ，suǒyǐ qǔ míng “shàolínsì ”。
Everyone look, in front of us is the Songshan Shaolin Temple. It is the birthplace of Shaolin Martial Arts. Because of it's position in the middle of the forest, it was given the name “Shaolin Temple.”
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