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Chinese
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dragon; imperial; surname
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dish; tray; to build dish; tray; to build; to check; to examine; to transfer; (a measure word used for dishes of food or coils of wire); to coil |
tiger
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be based upon; squat
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| trad. (龍盤虎踞)
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龍
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盤
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虎
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踞
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| simp. (龙盘虎踞)
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龙
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盘
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虎
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踞
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| alternative forms
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龍蟠虎踞／龙蟠虎踞
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| Literally: “a dragon coiled and a tiger crouched”.
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Etymology
Quoted from Zhuge Liang's description of Nanjing's terrain:
Pronunciation
Idiom
龍盤虎踞
- a location with forbidding and dangerous terrain, especially Nanjing