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

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• 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

1. wanton extravagance

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (肉林):

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