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龍門

简龙门 · 繁龍門

Mandarin · pinyin Lóng mén

see 龍門縣 Lóng mén Xiàn
see 龍門石窟 Lóng mén Shí kū
see 龍門山 Lóng mén Shān
Dragon Gate, mythical gate at the crest of a waterfall over which a carp may leap to become a dragon; (fig.) gateway to success or greatness

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lung4 mun4

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

lung4 mun4

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(～縣) Longmen (a county of Huizhou, Guangdong, China)
(～街道) Longmen (a subdistrict of Wushan, Chongqing, China)
(archaic, literary) "Longmen", a nickname for Sima Qian on account of his birthplace having been Longmen County