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雨林 (yǔ lín) — rain forest

Definition

noun
rain forest
Measure word · 片

Examples

  • 雨林。
    Zhè piàn yǔ lín lǐ yǒu hěn duō dòng wù.
    This rainforest has many animals.
  • 雨林。
    Wǒ men yīng gāi bǎo hù yǔ lín.
    We should protect the rainforest.
  • 雨林。
    yǔ lín Lǐ jīng cháng xià yǔ.
    It often rains in the rainforest.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

雨yǔrain
林línforest

雨 “rain” specifies the kind of 林 “forest”, giving a forest with much rain.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 雨 is an old picture of a cloud with rain drops falling from it; the top line was added later.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

林 is made of two 木 (tree) placed side by side, showing many trees together, hence a forest.

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Appears in
Environment & EcologyTrees & Forest

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