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長龍

简长龙 · 繁長龍

Mandarin · pinyin cháng lóng

long queue
long line (of cars, people etc)

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
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长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor

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2–2 · chang2 long2

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noun

(figurative) long queue (of people, cars, etc.)

name

(～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Changlong (a town in Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a township)

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