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大排長龍

简大排长龙 · 繁大排長龍

Mandarin · pinyin dà pái cháng lóng

to form a long queue (idiom)
(of cars) to be bumper to bumper

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
排: pái · row, rank, line
長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
龍: Look up this written character
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor

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4–2–2–2 · da4 pai2 chang2 long2

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(idiomatic) to form a very long queue

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