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杏林
Mandarin · pinyin xìng lín#
Meanings · xìng lín
- forest of apricot trees
- (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉 Dǒng Fèng, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
Mandarin · pinyin Xìng lín#
Meanings · Xìng lín
- Xinglin District of Xiamen city (renamed Haicang 海滄區 Hǎi cāng Qū in 2003)
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4–2 · xing4 lin2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hang6 lam4
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noun
- (literary, figurative, honorific) fine doctor; medical field
name
- (～鎮) Xinglin Town (several townships in China)
- (～鎮) Xinglin (a town in Fufeng, Baoji, Shaanxi, China)
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