Lâm An

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See also: làm ăn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 臨安.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lâm An

  1. (historical) Lin'an (former name of Hangzhou, from the time when it served as the capital of the Song dynasty)
    • 2005 , chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung :
      Trương Thập Ngũ uống đến khi say khướt mới cáo từ, xiêu xiêu vẹo vẹo đi về hướng Lâm An, 
      Only when he was drunk as a wheelbarrow did Zhāng Shíwǔ take his leave, stumbling on his way in the direction of Lin'an,