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龍生九子

简 龙生九子 · 繁 龍生九子
Mandarin · pinyin lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ

Meanings

  1. lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters
  2. good and bad intermingled
  3. It takes all sorts to make a world.
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龍
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生
shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
九
jiǔ · nine
子
zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
龙
lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor
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2–1–3–3 · long2 sheng1 jiu3 zi3

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lung4 sang1 gau2 zi2

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龍生九子 · long2 sheng1 jiu3 zi3
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 125,132
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Exact source record龍生九子 龙生九子 [long2 sheng1 jiu3 zi3] /lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters/good and bad intermingled/It takes all sorts to make a world./