Kirin vs Keirin - What's the difference?
kirin | keirin |
A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage.
* 1989 , Ernst J. Grube, Eleanor G. Sims, Islamic Art: Volume 3
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(cycling) A form of track cycling originating in Japan, where riders must initially race behind a motorised pace-setter.
As a verb kirin
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(cycling) a form of track cycling originating in japan, where riders must initially race behind a motorised pace-setter.kirin
English
(wikipedia kirin)Noun
(en noun)- ...a red and gold textile with phoenixes in one row swooping towards qilins in the next amidst a densely foliated ground...
- Roundel depicting dragon attacked by qilins ; mounted on an album page.
- When the qilin leaves, the emperor traces the shapes he saw into the dirt.