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龍生龍，鳳生鳳

简 龙生龙，凤生凤 · 繁 龍生龍，鳳生鳳
Mandarin · pinyin lóng shēng lóng , fèng shēng fèng

Meanings

  1. lit. dragon births dragon, phoenix births phoenix (idiom)
  2. fig. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
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龍
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生
shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
鳳
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龙
lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor
凤
fèng · male phoenix; symbol of joy
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龍生龍，鳳生鳳 · long2 sheng1 long2 , feng4 sheng1 feng4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 125,133
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Exact source record龍生龍，鳳生鳳 龙生龙，凤生凤 [long2 sheng1 long2 , feng4 sheng1 feng4] /lit. dragon births dragon, phoenix births phoenix (idiom)/fig. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree/