"Chinese dragon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Chinese dragons [plural]
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  1. (mythology) A legendary creature, usually depicted as long and snake-like, with many claws, common in several East Asian cultures. Categories (topical): Mythology, Chinese mythology, Dragons, Mythological creatures Synonyms (legendary creature): loong Translations (legendary creature common in several East Asian cultures): চীনা আজদাহা (cīna azdaha) (Bengali), (Chinese Cantonese), (lung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), (Chinese Mandarin), (lóng) (Chinese Mandarin), (Eastern Min Chinese), (lṳ̀ng) (Eastern Min Chinese), kiinalainen lohikäärme (Finnish), dragon chinois [masculine] (French), ჩინური დრაკონი (činuri draḳoni) (Georgian), Long (German), Lóng (German), (Hakka Chinese), (lîung) (Hakka Chinese), naga Tiongkok (Indonesian), naga Cina (Indonesian), liong (Indonesian), (alt: りゅう, ryū, りょう, ryō, たつ, tatsu) (Japanese), (yong) (Korean), (ryong) [North-Korean] (Korean), 미르 (mireu) (Korean), ᠰᠣᠯᠣᠨᡨᡠ (solontu) (Manchu), ᡧᠣᠯᠣᠨᡨᡠ (šolontu) (Manchu), चिनी ड्रॅगन (cinī ḍrĕgan) [masculine] (Marathi), اژدهای چینی (eždehā-ye čini) [singular] (Persian), кита́йский драко́н (kitájskij drakón) [masculine] (Russian), kinesisk drake [common-gender] (Swedish), аждаҳои чинӣ (aždahoyi činī) [singular] (Tajik), มังกรจีน (mang-gon jeen) (Thai), rồng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Chinese_dragon-en-noun-Eq1hicEN Disambiguation of Chinese mythology: 73 27 Disambiguation of Dragons: 78 22 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 76 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 80 20 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'legendary creature': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'legendary creature common in several East Asian cultures': 96 4
  2. (mythology) A large snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag, and the claws of a tiger; known for its benevolent behavior in ancient Oriental mythology. Categories (topical): Mythology
    Sense id: en-Chinese_dragon-en-noun-M~YQFhD- Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "legendary creature common in several East Asian cultures",
      "word": "rồng"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Chinese dragon"
  ],
  "word": "Chinese dragon"
}

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