Ⅰ ❶ {动} (古代传说中的神异动物) dragon ❷ (古代巨大的爬行动物) a huge extinct reptile: 恐 ~ dinosaur; 翼手 ~ pterodactyl ❸ (姓氏) a surname: ~ 庆 Long Qing Ⅱ (属于帝王的) imperial: ~ 袍 imperial robe; ~ 廷 imperial court ◆龙船 dragon-boat; 龙胆 {植} radix gentianae; rough gentian; 龙的传人 descendants of the dragon (metaphor for the Chinese nation); 龙灯 dragon lantern; 龙飞凤舞 like dragons flying and phoenixes dancing — lively and vigorous flourishes in calligraphy; beautiful penmanship; elegant handwriting; exquisite calligraphy; flourish one's pen quickly and dexterously; make beautiful strokes with one's pen; swift movement of calligraphy; The long hand was just like dragons flying and a phoenix dancing — the lively style of penmanship.; 龙凤呈祥 prosperity brought by the dragon and the phoenix; in extremely good fortune; 龙宫 TheDragon King's palace; 龙骨 a bird's sternum; {中药} fossil fragments; keel; 龙井 Longjing, a famous green tea produced in Hangzhou; Dragon Well tea; 龙驹凤雏 a young talented scholar; 龙卷 {气} spout; tornado; 龙口夺粮 snatch food from the dragon's mouth — speed up the summer harvest ̄ing before the storm breaks; 龙葵 {植} black nightshade; nightshade; 龙马精神 the vigour of a dragon or horse — vigorous spirit of the aged; full of vigour [vitality]; 龙门刨床 {机} planer; planing machine; double housing planer; frame planer; closed planer; 龙门起重机 gantry crane; goliath crane; 龙门石窟 the Longmen Grottoes (in Luoyang); 龙门铣床 {机} milling planer; gantry type milling machine; linear milling machine; planomiller; planomilling machine; plane milling machine; 龙脑 {化} borneol; camphol; borneo camphor; 龙年 the year of dragon; 龙盘虎踞 a terrain of strategic importance; a coiling dragon and a crouching tiger — a forbidding strategic point (usu. referring to the city of Nanjing); a mountain towering above a river; a strategic stronghold, formidable in aspect, dominating an important pass or trade route; 龙配龙, 凤配凤 Let beggars match with beggars.; 龙蛇混杂 There were snakes and vipers creeping around among the dragons — high and low were mixed together.; 龙舌兰 {植} century plant; maguey; american agave; 龙生龙, 凤生凤 A child with clever and intelligent parents will do better than a child with dull and stupid ones.; Like begets like.; 龙虱 {动} predacious diving beetle; 龙潭虎穴 a chasm for dragon to hide or a cave for tigers to have their lair; a dragon's pond and a tiger's cave — dangerous places; a dragon's pool and a tiger's den — a danger spot; 龙套 actor playing a walk-on part in old-style opera; utility man; 龙腾虎跃 dragons rising and tigers leaping — a scene of bustling activity; a place where dragons soar and tigers leap; a scene of hustle and bustle as in a worksite, a farm-yard, a building lot, etc.; 龙头 tap; cock tap; faucet; bib(b)cock; bib(b); front of mud flow; cock; 龙王 the Dragon King; the God of Rain in Chinese mythology; 龙舞 dragon dance; 龙虾 lobster; bermuda lobster; crayfist; prawn 龙骧虎步 walk with one's head up like a dragon or tiger; walk with majestic steps;prance;martial gait; 龙须菜 [方] {植} (石刁柏) asparagus; 龙须草 {植} Chinese alpine rush; 龙血 {有化} dragon's blood; 龙牙草 {植} hairyvein agrimony; feverfew; 龙眼 {植} (桂圆) longan; euphoria longan; 龙吟虎啸 cries of dragons and tigers; the roar of dragons and tigers; Dragons sing and tigers roar.; (It was like) the snorting of dragons, the howling of tigers.; 龙爪槐 Chinese pagoda tree; 龙争虎斗 The dragons and tigers fought.; a dragon and a tiger in combat; 龙钟 [书] decrepit; senile; 龙舟 dragon boat
【析形】象形字。甲骨文字形像一种兽首蛇身,头上有冠的怪兽。金文字形的形体,上部是角,角下是头,嘴巴朝左张开露出两颗锋利的牙齿,右边是弯弯曲曲的躯体。小篆字形变化,兽头与兽身部分割裂,隶、楷字形承之。 【释义】《说文》:“鳞虫之长。能幽能明,能细能巨,能短能长,春分而登天,秋分而潜渊。”本义是中国古代传说中的神异动物,具有虾眼、鹿角、牛嘴、狗鼻、鲶须、狮鬃、蛇尾、鱼鳞、鹰爪等九种动物合而为一之形象。龙的身体长,有鳞,有角,有脚,能走,能飞,能游泳,能兴云降雨。 华夏民族的先祖炎帝、黄帝,传说和龙都有密切的关系,相传炎帝为其母感应“神龙首”而生,死后化为赤龙。因而中国人自称为“龙的传人”。龙在中国传统文化的十二生肖中排列第五。封建时代龙作为帝王的象征,也用来指帝王及其相关的东西,如龙颜、龙体、龙廷、龙袍。龙是中国人吉祥的象征,如[龙凤呈祥]、[龙马精神]等成语均与吉庆有关。龙是华夏民族的代表,与西方文化中的dragon并非一事。 【shape analysis】It is the pictograph character.In Oracle,it is shaped like a monster with a snake body and a crowned beast head.While in Bronze Inscriptions,the upper part of the character is a horn,but the lower is a head with the mouth open to the left,with two sharp teeth exposed.The right part of the character is the twisted body of monster.The monster's head was separated from its body in Small Seal script.This shape was followed in Official script and Regular script. 【original meaning】A kind of deified animal in ancient Chinese legend,which has shrimp's eyes,deer's antlers,cattle's mouth,dog's nose,catfish's whisker,lion's mane,snake's tail,fish scales and hawk's claws.龙(It is called dragon in western world)has a long body with scales,antlers and feet.It can walk,fly as well as swim and make it rains.龙is a symbol of the Chinese nation,different from the traditional dragon in western world.