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天龍人

简天龙人 · 繁天龍人

Mandarin · pinyin Tiān lóng rén

(Tw) (slang) privileged people oblivious to the hardships of others; Taipei residents or urban dwellers who consider themselves superior to others (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 天竜人 "Tenryūjin", an arrogant, privileged group in the manga "One Piece")

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor

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1–2–2 · Tian1 long2 ren2

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noun

(Taiwan, Internet slang, ironic) one who resides in Taipei; high-class Taipei residents
(Taiwan, Internet slang, ironic, by extension) snobby arrogant elites
(Internet slang, ironic) the descendants of privileged political and business elites

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