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Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage.
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 麒麟 (qílín). Doublet of kirin.
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