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葉公好龍
jip6 gung1 hou3 lung4 |
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a professed love of what one really fears (lit., "Lord Ye's love of dragons") What Lord Ye loved was not a real dragon, but something that merely looked like a dragon. Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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葉公好龍 / 叶公好龙 | ||
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Characters in this word:葉 jip6 - leaf; historical period; surname公 gung1 - public; common; international; impartial 好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready 龍 lung4 - dragon |
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