lín

to sprinkle

to drip; to pour; to drench

water (氵) + forest (林) = drenching liquid

The water radical carries all the meaning here — liquid falling, dripping, or soaking through. 林 mainly lends the sound lín; think of rain pouring through a forest if it helps, but the trees are just there for phonetics.

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WaterSemantic

他在雨中走了很久,全身都被湿了。

tā zài yǔ zhōng zǒu le hěn jiǔ, quán shēn dōu bèi lín shī le。

He walked in the rain for a long time and got completely drenched.

外面突然下起大雨,她没有带伞,被得很狼狈。

wài miàn tū rán xià qǐ dà yǔ, tā méi yǒu dài sǎn, bèi lín de hěn láng bèi。

It suddenly started pouring outside, and she had no umbrella, so she got soaked and looked quite bedraggled.

Words with 淋

酣畅淋漓

hān chàng lín lí

to one's heart's content (idiom)

霜淇淋

shuāng qí lín

soft ice-cream

鲜血淋漓

xiān xuè lín lí

(idiom) drenched with blood; dripping with blood

麦淇淋

mài qí lín

(loanword) margarine

冰淇淋

bīng qí lín

ice cream

味淋

wèi lín

variant of 味醂[wei4 lin2]

大汗淋漓

dà hàn lín lí

dripping with sweat

日晒雨淋

rì shài yǔ lín

lit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom)

水淋淋

shuǐ lín lín

dripping wet

冲淋浴

chōng lín yù

to take a shower

淇淋

qí lín

cream (loanword)

淋巴

lín bā

(physiology) (loanword) lymph

More characters with 氵