飞龙 (飛龍)
fēi lóng
Pinyin
Definition
飞龙 (飛龍)
-
- wyvern (type of dragon)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
人中龙凤
- 1 a giant among men (idiom)
伏龙凤雏
- 1 hidden genius (idiom)
来龙去脉
- 1 the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
- 2 (fig.) the whole sequence of events
- 3 causes and effects
劳燕分飞
- 1 the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)
- 2 (usually of a couple) to part from each other
大排长龙
- 1 to form a long queue (idiom)
- 2 (of cars) to be bumper to bumper
Sample Sentences
是的!鼠是“鼠来宝”、牛是“扭转乾坤”、虎是“虎虎生风”、兔是“扬眉吐气”、龙是“飞龙在天“、蛇呢,又叫小龙,不妨祝人“金蛇出洞”、”绝不折本“。
Yes indeed! They say “The rat brings treasure” for the Year of the Rat; they substitute the 「扭」 in the phrase 「扭转乾坤」, meaning “to turn things around for oneself,” for its homophone 「牛」, meaning ox in the Year of the Ox; they use the phrase “formidable and majestic like a tiger” in the Year of the Tiger; they substitute the 「吐」 in the phrase 「扬眉吐气」, meaning “to breathe a sigh of relief,” for its near homophone 「兔」, meaning rabbit, in the Year of the Rabbit; they use the phrase “the flying dragon is in the sky,” as a New Year greeting in the Year of the Dragon; they often call the Year of the Snake, the Year of the Little Dragon, to allow “the golden snake to emerge from the hole,” and they substitute the 「折」 in the phrase 「絕不折本」, meaning “to make every effort not to neglect the fundamentals,” for its near homophone 「蛇」, meaning snake, in the Year of the Snake.
啊,飞龙和投石车也来了。认输认输,我退出。
Ah, there's Wind Riders and Demolishers coming too. I admit defeat. I admit defeat. I'm signing out.