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玲瓏
简 玲珑 · 繁 玲瓏Mandarin · pinyin líng lóng
Meanings
- (onom.) clink of jewels
- exquisite
- detailed and fine
- clever
- nimble
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2–2 · ling2 long2
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ling4 lung4
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adj
- (literary, onomatopoeia) Describing a pleasantly crisp or clear sound, for example of jade.
- (literary, ideophonic) brightly clear; bright and shining; crystalline
- (ideophonic, of an implement) exquisite; fine; well-made
- (ideophonic, of a person, usually a woman) clever; nimble
name
- (～鎮) Linglong (a town in Zhaoyuan, Yantai, Shandong, China)
- (～鎮) Lenggong (a town in Hulu Perak district, Perak, Malaysia)
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