肉林

Chinese

		meat; flesh	woods; forest
simp. and trad. (肉林)		肉	林
Literally: “rows of meat suspended in the shape of trees”.

Etymology

See 酒池肉林 (jiǔchíròulín).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ròulín

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ròulín
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ròulín
  - Wade–Giles: jou⁴-lin²
  - Yale: ròu-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowlin
  - Palladius: жоулинь (žoulinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵/

Noun

肉林

wanton extravagance

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (肉林):

→ Japanese: 肉林(にくりん) (nikurin)
→ Korean: 육림(肉林) (yungnim)

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