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Mandarin · pinyin Lóng wén

see 龍文區 Lóng wén Qū

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龍: Look up this written character
文: wén · literature, culture, writing
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor

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2–2 · Long2 wen2

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noun

(literary) pattern of the scales of a dragon
(literary) dragon-shaped pattern
(literary, figurative) small wave
(literary, figurative) clouds in a mackerel sky
(literary, figurative) powerful writing
(literary, figurative) calligraphy
(literary, figurative) child prodigy
(literary) a type of fine horse
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 龍文劍／龙文剑
(literary) a ship engraved with a dragon-shaped pattern

name

(～區) Longwen (a district of Zhangzhou, Fujian, China)

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