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  *龍* | 龍* | *龍
Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur
HSK 3
dinosaur (CL:頭|头,隻|只) / (old) (slang) ugly person
HSK 7-9
nylon (loanword)
HSK 7-9
salon (loanword)
HSK 7-9
Emmanuel Macron (1977-), president of France from 2017
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龍* | 龍* | *龍
surname Long
Kowloon district of Hong Kong
snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖)
black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon
Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East 東方青龍|东方青龙 or 東方蒼龍|东方苍龙 / (slang) man without pubic hair
wyvern (type of dragon)
gigantic dragon (lit. and fig.) / titanosaur (abbr. for 泰坦巨龍|泰坦巨龙) / (slang) big dick / schlong
Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and Cantopop star
to succeed in life / to become somebody
to ride the dragon / to die (of emperors and kings)
hose / pipe / fire hose / (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens)
lit. one dragon / integrated chain / coordinated process
to build up a sequence / a succession of things, each linked to the previous one
Tyrannosaurus spp. / esp. T. rex
a lantern or torchlight procession (resembling a fiery dragon)
nickname of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 / Wolong giant panda nature reserve 臥龍大熊貓保護區|卧龙大熊猫保护区 in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan / Wolong district of Nanyang city 南陽|南阳, Henan
sleeping dragon / (fig.) a person of outstanding talent who lives in obscurity
styrofoam
(lit. and fig.) chameleon
Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)
(Tw) (loanword) Teflon
Huanglong county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, movie by Ang Lee 李安
lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent
Panlong district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan
Xinlong county (Tibetan: nyag rong rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
apatosaurus / former name: brontosaurus
one that has achieved the way / emperor
endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic
dragon dance
Yunlong district of Xuzhou city 徐州市, Jiangsu / Yunlong county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州, Yunnan
to form a long queue (idiom) / (of cars) to be bumper to bumper
Tyrannosaurus rex
coiled dragon
Year 5, year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000)
ichthyosaur
lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
stegosaurus
Shilong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市, Henan
Anlong county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州, Guizhou
to join the two sections (of a linear structure: bridge, dike etc) to complete its construction
one-eyed person
Lulong county in Qinhuangdao 秦皇島|秦皇岛, Hebei
long queue / long line (of cars, people etc)
to mess sth up / to screw up
diplodocus
(zoology) mosasaur
hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur)
lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom) / fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it / ostensible fondness of sth one really fears
courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
allosaurus
lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment
allosaurus / also written 異特龍|异特龙
Dacron (brand)
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
pterodactyl
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
Mei, dinosaur genus / Mei long, dinosaur species
a queue of people
mythical evil serpent / evil dragon in Western mythology, cf Revelations 14:12
Dodge Nitro (abbr. for 道奇翼龍|道奇翼龙)
pterosaur
allosaurus
Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
Rapator ornitholestoides (dinosaur)
Drung or Dulong ethnic group of northwest Yunnan
Houlung town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Champsosaurus
Absalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament)
Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说
Omron Corporation (Japanese electronics company)
Luolong district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市 in Henan province 河南
macaron, French pastry with a soft filling sandwiched between the meringue-based cookie shells (loanword)
(slang) to inhale the vapor from heroin heated on a piece of aluminum foil; to chase the dragon
triceratops
brachiosaurus
oviraptorosaurus (egg-stealing dinosaur)
ceratopsian
pliosaurus
Stallone (name) / Sylvester Stallone (1946-), American actor
Chevron (oil company)
to mess sth up
Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀, prime minister from 2004
Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
triceratops (dinosaur)
Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
velociraptor (dinosaur)
Gigantoraptor erlianensis (a giant bird-like dinosaur found in Erlian in Inner Mongolia)
game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语 is the first of the next
Hualong district of Puyang city 濮陽市|濮阳市, Henan
He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution
tanystropheus, long-necked reptile from Triassic

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