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绿阴

lǜ yīn

2-character word Traditional 綠陰

What 绿阴 means

1. tree shade
2. shady

The characters in 绿阴

• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady

Sounds the same

Read lǜ yīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 绿荫the shade (of a tree)
• 绿茵grassy area

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