Lin vs Qin - What's the difference?
lin | qin |
To desist (from something), stop.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i:
To cease; leave off.
A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall.
A waterfall, or cataract.
A steep ravine.
(Webster 1913)
(music) seven-stringed classical Chinese zither that does not have a bridge, sometimes referred to as guqin where gu stands for ancient.
* 1989 , Zhongguo fu li hui, Chung-kuo fu li hui, China Reconstructs
* 2006 , Dana Standridge, Lessons in Essence: A Novel
As nouns the difference between lin and qin
is that lin is a pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall while qin is seven-stringed classical Chinese zither that does not have a bridge, sometimes referred to as guqin where gu stands for ancient.As proper nouns the difference between lin and qin
is that lin is {{surname|from=Chinese}} of Chinese origin (see: 林 while Qin is an ancient feudal state of China that existed between 778 and 207 BC.As a verb lin
is to desist (from something), stop.lin
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) linnen, from (etyl) .Verb
- Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From Irish or Gaelic.Alternative forms
* linn * lynNoun
(en noun)- a roaring lin
Anagrams
* English three-letter words ----qin
English
Noun
(en noun)- ... there was no longer anyone worth playing his qin' for, so he broke his instrument and never played again. The ' guqin was also a means of expressing love.
- He makes his qin' students take calligraphy with him, and calligraphy and painting students play the ' qin .
