杏林
xìng lín
Pinyin
Definition
杏林
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- 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)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 長春|长春
- 2 also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province
- 1 Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
- 1 almond
- 2 apricot kernel
- 1 surname Lin
- 2 Japanese surname Hayashi
- 1 Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
Idioms (8)
单丝不成线，独木不成林
- 1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
封沙育林
- 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
杞梓之林
- 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
- 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
独木不成林
- 1 a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
- 2 one cannot accomplish much on one's own