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飛龍

简飞龙 · 繁飛龍

Mandarin · pinyin fēi lóng

dragon in flight
(fig.) (literary) person at the height of success

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飞: fēi · fly; go quickly; dart; high
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor

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noun

wyvern
(Southern Min) synonym of 菠薐 (buê¹ lêng⁵, “spinach”)

name

(taxonomy) Feilongus

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