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Jin

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The name of four Chinese dynasties, including Western Jin (AD 265–316), Eastern Jin (317–420), Later Jin (936–946), and Jin (1115–1234).

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tall pole used in connection with rope and tackle to raise heavy objects.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See jinnee.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun The Chinese dynasty and empire of Jin (晉) - Jin Dynasty (265–420)
  • proper noun The Chinese feudal state of Jin (晉) (11th century BCE–376 BCE), a state of the Zhou Dynasty in northern China
  • proper noun The Chinese dynasty and empire of Jin (金)

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Examples

  • The Mohammedans, while they recognize God, are also “taught by the Koran to believe the existence of an intermediate order of creatures, which they call Jin, or genii;” some of which are supposed to be good and others bad, and capable of communicating with men, and rewarding or punishing them.

    A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse Sylvester Bliss 1838

  • Growing up, they form a club which they call Jin Wu Men with new friends Xiao Zhang (Shi Yao), Yang Yaowu

    BeyondHollywood.com | Movie News, Reviews, and Opinions 2009

  • "Jin" is another way to read the character hito, the more popular way to say "person." gasagasagirl on August 09, 2006 in Naomi Hirahara | Permalink

    Why Publishing Is So Japanese 2006

  • Liu Xia was allowed to see her husband Sunday afternoon inside the prison in Jin Zhou City, where he is serving an 11-year sentence for subversion.

    Rights Group: Wife of Chinese Nobel Winner Detained 2010

  • Also, it almost goes without saying, but even though I've fallen out of recent KAT-TUN news, Akanishi Jin is still smoking and I would hit it like both fists of an angry goddess.

    my sweatshirt hood is up. tragic_elegance 2009

  • Others, such as Chinese artist Han Bing and photographer Xuanmin Jin, created Moleskine notebooks that acted as scrapbooks of their work.

    A Moleskine 'Detour' to Shanghai Lisa Movius 2010

  • Like Rachel Kalama in Moloka'i, Jin is a fictional creation, but is inspired by any number of actual women who emigrated to Hawai'i between 1903 and

    Alan Brennert discusses Honolulu 2010

  • But relatives suggest it could take place inside the prison in Jin Zhou City, where he is serving an 11-year sentence for subversion.

    Relatives: Nobel Winner Liu's Wife to Visit Him Sunday 2010

  • Your protagonist, Jin, is a young Korean woman who comes to Hawai'i as a

    Alan Brennert discusses Honolulu 2010

  • Instead of the prosperous young husband and the chance at an education she has been promised, Jin is quickly married off to a poor, embittered laborer who takes his disappointments out on his new wife, forcing her to make her own way in a strange land.

    Honolulu: Summary and book reviews of Honolulu by Alan Brennert. 2009

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