绿 () — (bound form) green (in specific literary/historical compounds, pronounced lù)

Definition

绿 (lù) is a literary/historical bound form of 'green,' used only in set names like 绿林 and 鸭绿江. In modern spoken Chinese, 绿 is always pronounced lǜ.

bound form
(bound form) green (in specific literary/historical compounds, pronounced lù)

Examples

  • lù Lín hǎo hàn de gù shi zài zhōng guó hěn yǒu míng.
    The stories of the greenwood outlaws are very famous in China.
  • 绿
    Yā lù jiāng shì zhōng guó hé cháo xiǎn de jiè hé.
    The Yalu River is the border river between China and North Korea.
  • Tā zài dú 《lù lín wài shǐ》.
    He is reading 'The Unofficial History of the Greenwood'.

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