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虎踞龍蟠

简虎踞龙蟠 · 繁虎踞龍蟠

Mandarin · pinyin hǔ jù lóng pán

lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain

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虎: hǔ · tiger; brave, fierce; surname
踞: jù · crouch, squat; sit, occupy
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蟠: pán · coil; coiling, curling; occupy
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor

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3–4–2–2 · hu3 ju4 long2 pan2

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fu2 geoi3 lung4 pun4

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