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车水马龙

chē shuǐ mǎ lóng

4-character word Traditional 車水馬龍

What 车水马龙 means

1. endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom)
2. heavy traffic

The characters in 车水马龙

• 车chēcar; vehicle; machine
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 龙lóngChinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon

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