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HSK
5

neighbor

Composition


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Sounds

Pinyin

lin2 lín

Meaning


Primary

neighbor

Alternatives

neighboring, neighbour, neighbouring

Mnemonic


[li-] Link is [2] inside the [-(e)n] infirmary where he sits on a sickbed recovering from a wound. The sick ward is full of 阝 hills for some reason, and his sick bed is at the top of one. His 邻 neighbor which is the next 阝 hill over, is a 厶 elbow in a 亼 tepee that is set up on top of its sick bed. Link wishes he had a 亼 tepee like his 邻 neighbor, but he doesn't. Anyway, he should be well enough to leave soon.

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