虎踞龙盘

虎踞龍盤
hǔjùlóngpán
lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain

CEDICT

形容地势雄伟险要。参见「龙盘虎踞」条。

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Entry Composition

1 虎 hǔ tiger

classifier: 隻
2 踞 jù
  1. to be based upon
  2. to squat
3 龙 lóng
  1. Chinese dragon; loong
  2. (fig.) emperor
  3. dragon
  4. (bound form) dinosaur
4 盘 pán
  1. tray; plate; dish
  2. (finance) (bound form) market prices
  3. (computing) (bound form) disk
  4. to coil (a rope, pigtail etc)
  5. to check; to examine; to investigate
  6. to transfer; to sell (property)
  7. to shift; to move (sth big and heavy)
  8. classifier for things resembling a plate or dish
  9. classifier for coils
  10. classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)

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