金蘭

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Chinese

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metal; gold; money orchid
trad. (金蘭)
simp. (金兰)
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Etymology

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Short for a quote from 《易經》.

同心同心 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
同心同心 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Èr rén tóngxīn, qí lì duàn jīn. Tóngxīn zhī yán, qí xiù rú lán. [Pinyin]
When two men are one in heart, not iron bolts keep them apart. From the words they in their union use, fragrance like orchid plants diffuse.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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金蘭

  1. (literary) profound friendship; intimate relationship
  2. (literary) sworn brotherhood or sisterhood; fraternity
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see (jīn),‎ (lán). ("golden orchid")

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (金蘭):
  • Japanese: 金蘭(きんらん) (kinran)

Proper noun

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金蘭

  1. () Cam Ranh (a city in Vietnam)

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1
らん
Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Etymology 1

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/kim ran//kimʉran//kinran/

From Middle Chinese 金蘭 (MC kim lan), itself from the first Great Treatise of the 易経 (Ekikyō, I Ching):[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(きん)(らん) (kinran

  1. (figurative) Short for 金蘭の契り (kinran no chigiri) or 金蘭の交わり (kinran no majiwari): a profound or intimate relationship
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1
らん
Jinmeiyō
kan'on
 キンラン on Japanese Wikipedia
 Cephalanthera falcata on Wikipedia

From (kin, gold) +‎ (ran, orchid).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(きん)(らん) or 金蘭(キンラン) (kinran

  1. the golden orchid, Cephalanthera falcata
    Synonyms: 朝熊草 (Asama-sō), 有馬草 (Arima-sō), 奇参蘭 (kisanran), 貴船海老根 (kibune-ebine)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN