líng
noun #23,835

Meanings

  1. 1 silk damask
  2. 2 a type of fine, thin patterned silk

Examples

Tā chuānzhe yī jiàn líng luó chóu duàn zuò de qípáo.
She wore a qipao made of silk damask and satin.
Líng shì gǔdài guìzú cháng yòng de bùliào.
Silk damask was a fabric commonly used by the ancient nobility.

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history
is a traditional Chinese textile, a thin lustrous silk with a twill or jacquard weave. It appears in the classic four-silk set (líng luó chóu duàn), which lists four types of fine silk in ascending order of thickness and weight, representing luxury fabrics in classical Chinese culture.

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