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乘龙
chéng​lóng

die

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
乘龙 (乘龍) chéng​lóng
die
to pass away (used as a euphemism specifically for the death of emperors and kings)
ride dragon
to ride on a dragon (often associated with ascending to heaven and becoming an immortal)

Frequency

Written text
0.176 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)