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降龍伏虎

hong4 lung4 fuk6 fu2

xiang2 long2 fu2 hu3

subdue the dragon and tame the tiger (overcome powerful adversaries)

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

降龍伏虎

This word was added by bybell on 21st Dec 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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降 hong4 gong3 xiang2 jiang4 - surrender, sudue; to fall, lower
龍 lung4 lung5 long2 mang2 - dragon
伏 fuk6 buk6 fu2 - to lie prostate; to lean over; to hide
虎 fu2 hu3 - tiger

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