Lin Yutang

[lin yoo-tahng]

noun

1. Lin Yü-t'ang, 1895–1976, Chinese author and philologist.

Example Sentences

As the 20th-century philosopher Lin Yutang wrote, “What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?”

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The Chinese writer Lin Yutang, who first lived in the U.S. as a graduate student at Harvard, had experienced American success in the thirties as a kind of spokesperson for Chinese manners and civilization.

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They were married in the United States, where they settled in part through the assistance of his uncle, the noted Chinese writer Lin Yutang.

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What was the role of the writer Lin Yutang, who coined a term for humor: youmo?

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Lin Yutang was out to break a language barrier.

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