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龍虎鬥

简龙虎斗 · 繁龍虎鬥

Mandarin · pinyin lóng hǔ dòu

fight between powerful contenders

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虎: hǔ · tiger; brave, fierce; surname
鬥: Look up this written character
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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2–3–4 · long2 hu3 dou4

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lung4 fu2 dau3

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noun

fight between two powerful and evenly-matched contenders

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