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- noun A
mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of asage .
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Mandarin 麒麟
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I took this pic summer 2005 this is a qilin or mythical Chinese animal that sits outside one of the buildings in the Shaolin Temple complex
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