| 龙口夺食 |
lóng kǒu duó shí |
to harvest hurriedly before rain comes |
| 龙 |
Lóng |
surname Long |
| 龙 |
lóng |
Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur |
| 龙口 |
Lóng kǒu |
see 龙口市 |
| 口 |
kǒu |
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 夺 |
duó |
to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose |
| 食 |
shí |
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse |
| 食 |
sì |
to feed (a person or animal) |