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異龍

简异龙 · 繁異龍

Mandarin · pinyin yì lóng

allosaurus
also written 異特龍

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異: Look up this written character
龍: Look up this written character
异: yì · different, unusual, strange
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor

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4–2 · yi4 long2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ji6 lung4

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

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