| 虎踞龙盘 |
hǔ jù lóng pán |
lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain |
| 虎 |
hǔ |
tiger / CL:只 |
| 踞 |
jù |
to be based upon / to squat |
| 龙 |
Lóng |
surname Long |
| 龙 |
lóng |
Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur |
| 盘 |
pán |
tray; plate; dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check; to examine; to investigate / to transfer; to sell (property) / to shift; to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) |