jílín
thorn forest
棘林 jílín
- thorn forest
- a dense forest or thicket of thorny bushes; brambles
- court of law
- (literary) a place where legal cases are heard and judged; specifically used to refer to a courtroom
- mythological land
- a legendary distant land in the far east mentioned in ancient texts like the 淮南子 huáinánzǐ
- ratchet wheel
- a wheel with teeth that allows motion in only one direction