lóng​wěn

roof ornament

  • created sense approved 龙吻/龍吻 · lóng​wěn · roof ornament — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    龙吻 / 龍吻

    lóng​wěn

    roof ornament

    ornamental figure of a dragon's mouth at the ends of a roof ridge, used in traditional Chinese architecture

    龙 (literal) → 龙/龍 · lóng · dragon 吻 (literal) → 吻 · wěn · muzzle

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense