Lunar Month

NAME: Meilin Li.
ENGLISH DUBBED NAME: Meilin Rae.
GENDER: Female.
OCCUPATION: Student.
KNOWN RELATIVES: Syaoran Li (Cousin & ex-fiance in CCS anime), Clow Reed, Yelan Li (Aunt), Fanren, Fuutie, Feimei, Shiefa Li (Cousins), Wang Wei (Guardian in CCS anime).
NATIONALITY: Chinese.

Meiling is Syaoran Li's cousin and fiancee in the Japanese anime. She balances the main cast by being more tomboyish and outspoken about her emotions than the other characters.
Meiling debuts at the end of Episode 19 ("Sakura and the Summer Holiday Homework") with both a cheery Chinese greeting and a hot temper. Her self-proclaimed engagement to Syaoran is something she values and protects highly. Her first impression of Sakura Kinomoto is anything but positive, as she sees Sakura wearing a shirt that she had given to her beloved Syaoran. Meiling accompanies Syaoran in his then-rivalry against Sakura, though she often does so more at school than when capturing Clow Cards.

She has no magical abilities but believes that her physical talents will compensate. Carrying such pride, Meiling vows to help Syaoran capture the Clow Cards using her martial arts skills. However, much to Syaoran's displeasure, she tends to get in the way of his card capturing more often than she helps.

Meiling is well-meaning despite her immaturity, and devoted despite her brash attitude. Her view of Sakura changes from rival to valued friend as the series progresses.

In the english version, Cardcaptors, Meilin Rae is known as Li Showron's childhood friend, who happens to have a crush on him, keeping the possessive attitude from the original anime. Any family relation to Li is erased, which is easily done by Meilin and Li's change of last name. The engagement between them is also removed.