虎踞龍蟠

简 虎踞龙蟠 · 繁 虎踞龍蟠
Mandarin · pinyin hǔ jù lóng pán

Meanings

  1. lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
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虎
hǔ · tiger; brave, fierce; surname
踞
jù · crouch, squat; sit, occupy
龍
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蟠
pán · coil; coiling, curling; occupy
龙
lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor
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Mandarin tones

3–4–2–2 · hu3 ju4 long2 pan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fu2 geoi3 lung4 pun4

Cantonese word readings for 虎踞龍蟠. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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fu2 geoi3 lung4 pun4

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虎踞龍蟠 · hu3 ju4 long2 pan2
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Exact source record虎踞龍蟠 虎踞龙蟠 [hu3 ju4 long2 pan2] /lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain/