tú​lóng

slaying the dragon

  • created reference approved 屠龙/屠龍 → 屠龙技/屠龍技 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屠龙 / 屠龍 tú​lóng

    屠龙技 / 屠龍技 tú​lóng​jì

    see

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  • 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 tú​lóng

    屠龙之技 / 屠龍之技 tú​lóng​zhī​jì

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  • created sense approved 屠龙/屠龍 · tú​lóng · slaying the dragon — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屠龙 / 屠龍

    tú​lóng

    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

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  • created sense approved 屠龙/屠龍 · tú​lóng · useless skill — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屠龙 / 屠龍

    tú​lóng

    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

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