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樹林

简树林 · 繁樹林

Mandarin · pinyin shù lín#

woods
grove
forest

Mandarin · pinyin Shù lín#

Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市 Xīn běi shì, Taiwan

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樹: shù · tree; plant; set up, establish
林: lín · forest, grove; surname
树: shù · tree; plant; set up, establish

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4–2 · shu4 lin2

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syu6 lam4

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noun

(collective) forest; woods; grove (Classifier: 片 m)

name

(～區, formerly ～鎮, ～市) Shulin (a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan)
(～市) Shulin (a city in Taipei, Taiwan)
an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 樹林, Kibayashi

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