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  *龙* | 龙* | *龙
Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur
HSK 3
dragon boat / imperial boat
HSK 7-9
dragon tree / Dracaena (botany)
water wheel
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
rough gentian / Japanese gentian (Gentiana scabra)
Longyan, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龙* | 龙* | *龙
surname Long
Longfeng district of Daqing city 大慶|大庆, Heilongjiang
dragon and phoenix
Longhua, the name of numerous streets, railway stations, temples and city districts etc, notably Longhua Temple 龍華寺|龙华寺 in Shanghai and Longhua District 龍華區|龙华区 of Shenzhen, Guangdong
Longgang district of Huludao city 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市, Liaoning
black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
longan fruit / dragon eye fruit / Dimocarpus longan (botany) / CL:
Longfeng district of Daqing city 大慶|大庆, Heilongjiang
key enterprises; leading enterprises
old but still full of vitality (idiom)
(PRC) film screening permit
Longwan district of Wenzhou city 溫州市|温州市, Zhejiang
tarragon
outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing)
Longyou county in Quzhou 衢州, Zhejiang
Longcheng district of Chaoyang city 朝陽市|朝阳市, Liaoning
Ryōanji, temple in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan with famous rock garden
Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州, Guangdong / mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon
Dragon King (mythology)
Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line / Mt Longmen in Shandong / Mt Longmen in Henan
ambergris
cave / natural cavern (in limestone)
rare food / ambrosia (delicacy)
lobster
dragon lantern
Longshan District of Liaoyuan city 遼源市|辽源市, Jilin
Longshan District of Liaoyuan City 遼源市|辽源市, Jilin / Longshan County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州
dragon's vein, terrain that looks like a dragon
dragon (as a decorative design)
the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom) / auspicious / decorated with auspicious symbols such as the dragon and the phoenix
Longjiang county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
dragon robe / emperor's court dress
Longchuan county in Heyuan 河源, Guangdong / Ryongchon, town in North Korea
Longting district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市, Henan
"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship)
lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants
chinchilla / Totoro (anime character)
Longtan district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province / see also 龍潭|龙潭 / Longtan or Lungtan township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县, north Taiwan
tornado / waterspout / twister
palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
Longan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
flamboyant or bold cursive calligraphy (idiom)
Longquanyi, often simply called Longquan, a district of Chengdu City 成都市, Sichuan
agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana / agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
lit. dragon soaring and tiger leaping (idiom) / fig. prosperous and bustling; vigorous and active
Longquan Sword, legendary ancient Chinese sword of extraordinary craftsmanship
dragon boat (used at 端午, the Dragon Boat Festival)
the Emperor's bed
lit. dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom) / fig. dangerous place; hostile territory
emperor's body; emperor's physical condition
lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters / good and bad intermingled / It takes all sorts to make a world.
Longling county in Baoshan 保山, Yunnan
fine horse / brilliant young man
Longhai, a district of Zhangzhou City 漳州市, Fujian
Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
gentian violet C25H30ClN3 / crystal violet
(idiom) powerful and imposing demeanor
decrepit / senile
double column surface grinding machine
homosexual (positive term)
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
to harvest hurriedly before rain comes
to promote (to official position in former times)
Longci, a district in Tainan 台南, Taiwan
the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (mythology)
Nāgārjuna (c. 150-250 AD), Buddhist philosopher
ugly girl (slang) (Tw)
imperial chariot
Longsha district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
Longjiang county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
imperial court
dragon bean / long bean
Loongson (a family of general-purpose CPUs developed within China)
sole / right-eyed flounder / flatfish / see also 鰈|鲽
tornado / hurricane / twister / cyclone
Long yang village in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
Longjing, a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin
Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese)
Longgang, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
fight between powerful contenders
Longhua District of various cities including Shenzhen, Guangdong and Haikou, Hainan
Longjing tea, aka Dragon Well tea, a high-quality pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang
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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