鄰 lín

neighbor; neighborhood

DEFINITIONS

鄰 lín
  • neighbor
  • adjacent
  • close to
  • variant of 鄰|邻[lin2]

WORDS

一點鄰域 yī diǎn lín yù (math.) neighborhood of a point
以鄰為壑 yǐ lín wéi hè to use one's neighbor as a drain; to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
四鄰 sì lín one's nearest neighbors
四鄰八捨 sì lín bā shè the whole neighborhood
地鄰 dì lín neighbor on farmland
天涯比鄰 tiān yá bǐ lín see 天涯若比鄰|天涯若比邻[tian1 ya2 ruo4 bi3 lin2]
天涯若比鄰 tiān yá ruò bǐ lín far-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away
左鄰右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè neighbors; next-door neighbors; related work units; colleagues doing related work
左鄰右里 zuǒ lín yòu lǐ see 左鄰右舍|左邻右舍[zuo3 lin2 you4 she4]
比鄰 bǐ lín neighbor; next-door neighbor; near; next to
毗鄰 pí lín bordering; adjacent to
海內存知己，天涯若比鄰 hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ ， tiān yá ruò bǐ lín close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door; close in spirit although far away
盧照鄰 lú zhào lín Lu Zhaolin (637-689), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]
相鄰 xiāng lín neighbor; adjacent
睦鄰 mù lín neighborly relations
睦鄰政策 mù lín zhèng cè good-neighbor policy
緊鄰 jǐn lín to be right next to; close neighbor
街坊四鄰 jiē fang sì lín neighbors; the whole neighborhood
街坊鄰里 jiē fang lín lǐ neighbors; the whole neighborhood
親睦鄰邦 qīn mù lín bāng friendly neighboring countries; to keep up good relations with neighboring countries
近鄰 jìn lín close neighbor
遠親不如近鄰 yuǎn qīn bù rú jìn lín A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
鄉鄰 xiāng lín fellow villager
鄰人 lín rén neighbor
鄰佑 lín yòu variant of 鄰右|邻右[lin2 you4]
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