yǔ​lín

imperial guards

Senses

羽林 yǔ​lín imperial guards

(literary) the imperial guards or an armed escort; a term for the palace guard used throughout several dynasties starting from the Han Dynasty

羽林 yǔ​lín Imperial Guard (star cluster)

(archaic) the name of a group of stars in the southern sky, referring to forty-five stars that were traditionally seen as the celestial equivalent of the imperial guards

References

see 羽林/羽林 羽林郎/羽林郎