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绿林好汉

lù lín hǎo hàn

4-character word Traditional 綠林好漢

What 绿林好汉 means

1. idiomchivalrous hero, often one who combats injustice or fights for a noble cause (originally referred to a group of outlaws who assembled in {绿林|Lù lín})

The characters in 绿林好汉

• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 林lín(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)…
• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 汉hànman

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