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恐龙

kǒng lóng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 恐龍 Measure word 头、只

恐龙 (kǒng lóng) means "dinosaur; (old) (slang) ugly person". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 恐龙 means

1. dinosaur
2. oldslangugly person

The characters in 恐龙

• 恐kǒngafraid; frightened; to fear
• 龙lóngChinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon

Example sentences

• 恐龙！
  Dinosaur!
• 恐龙在很久以前灭绝了。
  Kǒnglóng zài hěn jiǔ yǐqián miè jué le.
  Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.
• 恐龙好久以前就灭绝了。
  Dinosaurs died out a very long time ago.
• 和一只恐龙面对面是一段有趣的经历。
  Hé yī zhǐ kǒnglóng miànduìmiàn shì yī duàn yǒuqù de jīnglì.
  Coming face to face with a dinosaur was a funny experience.
• 随着板块的移动，各大洲因地理隔离而出现了适应不同环境的独特恐龙物种。
  As tectonic plates shifted, uniquely adapted species of dinosaur emerged on each continent through vicariance.

Words starting with 恐龙

• 恐龙类kǒng lóng lèidinosaurs
• 恐龙总目kǒng lóng zǒng mùDinosauria, superorder within class Sauropsida containing dinosaurs and birds
• 恐龙妹kǒng lóng mèiugly girl (slang)

Words containing 恐龙

• 兽脚类恐龙shòu jiǎo lèi kǒng lóngtheropod (beast-footed dinosaur group); suborder Theropoda within order Saurischia…
• 三角恐龙sān jiǎo kǒng lóngtriceratops (dinosaur)

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