qí lín
麒麟 (qí lín) is a Chinese word meaning “(Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe”.
Meanings
- 1(Chinese mythology) qilin
- 2(old) giraffe
Characters in 麒麟
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凤毛麟角lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom)麒used in 麒麟[qi2 lin2]麒麟菜eucheuma, a type of red algae (used in TCM)麒麟区Qilin, a district of Qujing City 曲靖市[Qu3 jing4 Shi4], Yunnan麒麟座Monoceros constellation麒麟阁Qilin Pavilion, located in the Weiyang Palace, a hall decorated with portraits of famous officials麒麟殿see 麒麟閣|麒麟阁[Qi2 lin2 Ge2]麟角凤觜lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom)汤玉麟Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth萨摩麟Samotherium (early giraffe)谭咏麟Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor章炳麟Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution