See 少林 on Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"sc": "Hani"
},
"expansion": "少林",
"name": "vi-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Vietnamese Chữ Hán",
"Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
"Vietnamese lemmas",
"Vietnamese proper nouns",
"Vietnamese proper nouns in Han script",
"vi:Martial arts"
],
"glosses": [
"chữ Hán form of Thiếu Lâm (“Shaolin”)"
],
"links": [
[
"chữ Hán",
"chữ Hán#Vietnamese"
],
[
"Thiếu Lâm",
"Thiếu Lâm#Vietnamese:_少林"
],
[
"Shaolin",
"Shaolin"
]
]
}
],
"word": "少林"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 少林 meaning in All languages combined (6.5kB)
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