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虎踞龙蟠

hǔ jù lóng pán

4-character word Traditional 虎踞龍蟠

What 虎踞龙蟠 means

1. lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain

The characters in 虎踞龙蟠

• 虎hǔtiger
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 龙lóngChinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon
• 蟠pánto coil

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• 虎踞龙盘lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain

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