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杞梓之林

qǐ zǐ zhī lín · (idiom) a multitude of talented people

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Simplified杞梓之林

Traditional杞梓之林

Pinyinqǐ zǐ zhī lín

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Character breakdown

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杞qǐ

willow, medlar tree; a small feudal state

梓zǐ

Catalpa ovata

之zhī

marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to

林lín

forest, grove; surname

How to learn 杞梓之林

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之zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it

森林sēnlín

forest; CL:片[pian4]

树林shùlín

Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan; woods; grove; forest

之zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it

之后zhīhòu

after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

之间zhījiān

(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])