variant of 麟[lin2]

variant of 麒麟[qi2 lin2]

see 麟遊縣|麟游县[Lin2 you2 Xian4]

another name for the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋

Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth

Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution

Samotherium (early giraffe)

Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor

Qilin, a district of Qujing City 曲靖市[Qu3 jing4 Shi4], Yunnan

Monoceros constellation

see 麒麟閣|麒麟阁[Qi2 lin2 Ge2]

eucheuma, a type of red algae (used in TCM)

Qilin Pavilion, located in the Weiyang Palace, a hall decorated with portraits of famous officials

Linyou, a county in Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi

lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between

lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom); fig. rara avis; rarity