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趙子龍

简赵子龙 · 繁趙子龍

Mandarin · pinyin Zhào Zǐ lóng

courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲 Zhào Yún, general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
龍: Look up this written character
赵: zhào · surname; ancient state
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor

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4–3–2 · Zhao4 Zi3 long2

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