| | Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur | HSK 3 |
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| | Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) | HSK 6 |
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| | dragon boat / imperial boat | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point | HSK 7-9 |
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| | gigantic dragon (lit. and fig.) / titanosaur (abbr. for 泰坦巨龍｜泰坦巨龙) / (slang) big dick / schlong | |
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| | dragon pool / dragon pond / see also 龍潭｜龙潭 | |
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| | mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier | |
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| | "dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship) | |
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| | Dragon King (mythology) | |
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| | to ride the dragon / to die (of emperors and kings) | |
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| | palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea | |
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| | lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk | |
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| | Longjing tea, aka Dragon Well tea, a high-quality pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang | |
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| | a lantern or torchlight procession (resembling a fiery dragon) | |
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| | dragon tree / Dracaena (botany) | |
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| | lit. a thunder of dragons without a head / fig. a group lacking a leader | |
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| | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠｜七龙珠 | |
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| | black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon | |
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| | Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州, Guangdong / mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon | |
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| | lit. dragons and snakes mingle (idiom) / fig. a mix of good people and scumbags | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | dragon boat (used at 端午, the Dragon Boat Festival) | |
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| | wyvern (type of dragon) | |
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| | faucet; tap / bicycle handlebar / chief; boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader; front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船｜龙船 | |
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| | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, movie by Ang Lee 李安 | |
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| | lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent | |
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| | flying dragon | |
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| | lit. dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom) / fig. dangerous place / hostile territory | |
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| | costume of minor characters in opera, featuring dragon designs / walk-on | |
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| | longan fruit / dragon eye fruit / Dimocarpus longan (botany) / CL: 粒 | |
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| | lit. one dragon / integrated chain / coordinated process | |
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| | dragon dance | |
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| | a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods / see also 蛟龍｜蛟龙 | |
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| | Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month) | |
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| | sleeping dragon / (fig.) a person of outstanding talent who lives in obscurity | |
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| | dragon and phoenix | |
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| | 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120° | |
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| | the Dragon Throne / the imperial throne | |
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| | Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) | |
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| | legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods | |
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| | Bao Longtu, ”Bao of the Dragon Image”, fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
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| | dragon's vein, terrain that looks like a dragon | |
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| | Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍｜青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky) | |
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| | dragon (as a decorative design) | |
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| | Year 5, year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain | |
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| | dragon lantern | |
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| | shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom) | |
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| | lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants | |
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| | lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent | |
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| | realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節｜端午节) | |
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| | lit. dragon soaring and tiger leaping (idiom) / fig. prosperous and bustling; vigorous and active | |
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| | lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters / good and bad intermingled / It takes all sorts to make a world. | |
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| | to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month) | |
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| | black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon | |
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| | Bixi, one of the nine sons of a dragon with the form of a tortoise, also known as 龜趺｜龟趺 | |
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| | Miluo city in Hunan / Miluo river in Hunan, famous for Dragon Boat festival | |
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| | lever-style guillotine decorated with a dragon's head at the hinged end, used to behead criminals related to the emperor | |
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| | coiled dragon | |
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| | a small bag full of fragrance used on Dragon boat Festival | |
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| | young dragon with horns | |
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| | ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet) | |
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| | dragon robe / emperor's court dress | |
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| | hornless dragon head (used as ornamentation, esp. gargoyles) | |
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| | the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom) / auspicious / decorated with auspicious symbols such as the dragon and the phoenix | |
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| | Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month) | |
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| | four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿 of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍｜青龙, White Tiger 白虎, Vermilion Bird 朱雀, Black Tortoise 玄武 | |
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| | to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation) / to see through to the nub | |
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| | lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law | |
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| | mythical evil serpent / evil dragon in Western mythology, cf Revelations 14:12 | |
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| | (dragon fly) / (large ant) / (wasp) | |
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| | lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
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| | festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc) | |
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| | dragon's beard candy, a Chinese confection made from floured taffy pulled into flossy strands | |
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| | dragon's blood (bright red tree resin) | |
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| | a vista of a dragon in flight | |
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| | lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities | |
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| | auspicious animal (such as the dragon) | |
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| | lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain | |
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| | lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west / odds and ends (idiom) | |
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| | Ao Shun, Dragon King of the North Sea in 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry) / variant of 魑 | |
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| | Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍｜卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山｜断背山) | |
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| | to race dragon boats | |
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| | Dragon Man, the nickname of the individual whose fossilized cranium was discovered in Heilongjiang in 1933, thought to be a Denisovan 丹尼索瓦人 or a new species of extinct human, Homo longi | |
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| | the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (mythology) | |
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| | Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese) | |
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| | red pitaya / dragon fruit / dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus) | |
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| | Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc) | |
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| | Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia ( 武俠｜武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations | |
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| | lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person / a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other | |
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| | the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit | |
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| | four divinities / four divine emperors / four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳｜凤, turtle 龜｜龟, dragon 龍｜龙 and Chinese unicorn 麒麟 / also 四象, the four division of the sky | |
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| | hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement | |
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| | Ao Guang, Dragon King of the East Sea, character in Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | Dragon King of the West Sea, Ao Run, also Ao Ji ( 敖吉) | |
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| | evil dragon | |
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