created reference approved 屠龙/屠龍 → 屠龙技/屠龍技 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
屠龙 / 屠龍 túlóng
屠龙技 / 屠龍技 túlóngjì
see
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 屠龙/屠龍 → 屠龙之技/屠龍之技 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
屠龙 / 屠龍 túlóng
屠龙之技 / 屠龍之技 túlóngzhījì
see
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 屠龙/屠龍 · túlóng · slaying the dragon — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
屠龙 / 屠龍
túlóng
slaying the dragon
To slay a dragon; also used to describe a great undertaking or heroic struggle.
屠 (literal) → 屠 · tú · to slaughter 龙 (literal) → 龙/龍 · lóng · dragon
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 屠龙/屠龍 · túlóng · useless skill — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
屠龙 / 屠龍
túlóng
useless skill
Literary; describes a skill that is extremely high or difficult to learn but has no practical application, based on the story of a man who spent his fortune learning how to slay dragons when no dragons existed.
屠 (literal) → 屠 · tú · to slaughter 龙 (literal) → 龙/龍 · lóng · dragon
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition