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林 lín

forest, grove; surname

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 4
Radical
木
Type
Ideograph
Made of 木木 ⿰木木

Memory hint: Two trees 木 representing a forest

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  1. 这座城市有很多美丽的园林。
    Zhè zuò chéngshì yǒu hěn duō měilì de yuánlín.
    This city has many beautiful gardens.
    this (measure) city have very many beautiful (particle) garden
  2. 这片树林大不大？
    Zhè piàn shùlín dà bu dà?
    Is this grove big?
    this (measure) tree-forest big not big
  3. 我们去树林里走走吧。
    Wǒmen qù shùlín lǐ zǒuzou ba.
    Let's take a walk in the woods.
    we go tree-forest inside walk-walk (suggestion)
  4. 这里没有森林。
    Zhèlǐ méiyǒu sēnlín.
    There's no forest here.
    here not-have forest
  5. 秋天的树林里，落叶铺满了地面。
    Qiūtiān de shùlín lǐ, luòyè pūmǎnle dìmiàn.
    In the autumn woods, fallen leaves cover the ground.
    autumn (particle) tree-forest inside, fallen-leaf spread-full(past) ground

Words with 林 (3)