Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See kilin, kirin.

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Examples

  • One netizen with the alias kylin wrote, "I can say free media works the same way as less-free media.

    Ohmynews International 2009

  • Lam Thi Hien, a kylin mask maker in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, says decorating the kylin is the most difficult part of making the toys.

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  • Chu State (present-day Hubei and Hunan) minted coins with Chinese characters such as dragon, phoenix, tortoise, kylin, double fish, sword, the Eight Diagrams (ba gua), the Chinese zodiac, and the big dipper.

    ETFs News and Commentary from Seeking Alpha World Market Pulse 2010

  • Chu State (present-day Hubei and Hunan) minted coins with Chinese characters such as dragon, phoenix, tortoise, kylin, double fish, sword, the Eight Diagrams (ba gua), the Chinese zodiac, and the big dipper.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Hua Huu Sang, a Nguyen Chi Thanh Street kylin maker in HCMC, also learned this craft from his father and is imparting the skills to his children.

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  • The art was handed down to Hien from her father, who was a member of a famous kylin dancing troupe in the city decades ago.

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  • Nhut says color-mixing is the greatest of most kylin families 'secrets.

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  • HCMC's Cho Lon (Big market) quarter, otherwise known as Chinatown, is considered the country's kylin mask capital.

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  • On good days, Hien says she sells several kylin sets, which include a kylin mask, Ong dia (God of Earth) mask - a round, smiling man, representing earthly prosperity and wealth, that dances around the kylin, conducting the drums that drive the dance.

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  • Brought to Vietnam by Chinese art troupes during the Later Le dynasty in the 15th-18th centuries, kylin dancing looks like dragon and lion dancing, with several members of a dance troupe dressing up as one beast to dance on the street and perform tricks on stilts.

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