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狻猊

Mandarin · pinyin suān ní

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syun1 ngai4

Cantonese word readings for 狻猊. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(archaic) lion
(Chinese mythology) mythological creature which is said to be a hybrid of lion and dragon, one of the nine sons of the dragon; said to either like to smoke and decorate incense burners, or like to sit down and decorate the thrones of Buddha statues