杏きょう林りん

noun

apricot grove

Literal meaning: a grove of apricot trees. Not an everyday word; mainly encountered in literary or historical contexts.

• 杏きょう林りんの花はなが満まん開かいになった。

  The apricot grove is in full bloom.

noun

doctor; physician

Poetic or literary term for a doctor, derived from a Chinese legend in which patients planted apricot trees as payment. Rare in modern speech; used in elevated writing or as a metaphor for the medical profession.

• 彼かれは杏きょう林りんの誉ほまれ高たかい名めい医いである。

  He is a renowned doctor, a true 'apricot grove' of the medical world.