丛林

cóng lín · cong lin

Traditional 叢林

Meaning

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  1. jungle
  2. thicket
  3. forest
  4. Buddhist monastery

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)写(xiě)了(le)一(yì)本(běn)关(guān)于(yú)丛(cóng)林(lín)冒(mào)险(xiǎn)的(de)书(shū)。

He wrote a book about a jungle adventure.

Tatoeba: Chinese by vicch · English by weihaiping · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)往(wǎng)下(xià)看(kàn),是(shì)一(yí)片(piàn)水(shuǐ)泥(ní)丛(cóng)林(lín)。

Looking down, we saw a concrete jungle.

Tatoeba: Chinese by cienias · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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