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龍卷風

lung4 gyun2 fung1

long2 juan3 feng1

tornado | Literally, a dragon stirring up/curling up the wind | Also written as '龍捲風'

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 29,100

龍卷風

龍 lung4 lung5 long2 mang2 - dragon
卷 gyun2 gyun3 kyun4 juan3 {juan4 gun3} {quan2} - roll; roll up
風 fung1 fung3 feng1 fan1 {feng4} - wind

This word was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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