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蒼龍

简苍龙 · 繁蒼龍

Mandarin · pinyin Cāng lóng

Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍 (the seven mansions of the east sky)

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苍: cāng · blue; green
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor

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1–2 · Cang1 long2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cong1 lung4

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

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noun

(figurative) black horse
(figurative) fiend

name

Azure Dragon (one of the Four symbols of the Chinese constellations)

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