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杏林

Xìng lín Xinglin District of Xiamen city (renamed Haicang 海沧区 in 2003)
xìng lín forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
xìng apricot / (bound form) almond
  Lín surname Lin / Japanese surname Hayashi
  lín (bound form) woods; forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things)
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