杀虎斩蛟
杀虎斩蛟
shā hǔ zhǎn jiāo
lit. to kill the tiger and behead the scaly dragon
Traditional: 殺虎斬蛟
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- lit. to kill the tiger and behead the scaly dragon
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Related Words
四象(sì xiàng)— four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3]
→李安(Lǐ Ān)— Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山)
→生龙活虎(shēng lóng huó hǔ)— lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
→盘龙卧虎(pán lóng wò hǔ)— lit. coiled dragon, crouching tiger (idiom)
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