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used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉[bǔ lín] and quinoline 喹啉[kuí lín]
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啉 啉 [lin2] /used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and quinoline 喹啉[kui2 lin2]/

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