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 tough as nails

2 formidable

3 kick-ass

4 plucky

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

1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)

1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)

1 to shine through the ages (idiom)

1 forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent

1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)