lục lâm

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 綠林.

Pronunciation

Noun

lục lâm

  1. (Chinese fiction) outlaws living in the forest, brigand
    • 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 :
      Tổ tiên của hai người các vị là Quách Thịnh và Dương Tái Hưng vốn đều là hảo hán lục lâm, về sau mới quy thuận triều đình, ra sức cho Đại Tống.
      Your forefathers Guō Shèng and Yáng Zàixīng were once outlaws and brigands before they submitted to the imperial court and started working for the Song dynasty.