龍盤虎踞

See also: 龙盘虎踞

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	dish; tray; to build dish; tray; to build; to check; to examine; to transfer; (a measure word used for dishes of food or coils of wire); to coil	tiger	be based upon; squat
trad. (龍盤虎踞)		龍	盤	虎	踞
simp. (龙盘虎踞)		龙	盘	虎	踞
alternative forms		龍蟠虎踞／龙蟠虎踞
Literally: “a dragon coiled and a tiger crouched”.

Etymology

Quoted from Zhuge Liang's description of Nanjing's terrain:

劉備曾使諸葛亮至京，因睹秣陵山阜，歎曰：「鍾山龍盤，石頭虎踞，此帝王之宅。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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刘备曾使诸葛亮至京，因睹秣陵山阜，叹曰：「钟山龙盘，石头虎踞，此帝王之宅。」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: Taiping Yulan (Readings of the Taiping Era), 977 – 983 CE

Liú Bèi céng shǐ Zhūgě Liàng zhì jīng, yīn dǔ mòlíng shān fù, tàn yuē: “Zhōngshān lóng pán, shítóu hǔ jù, cǐ dìwáng zhī zhái.” [Pinyin]

Liu Bei has once ordered Zhuge Liang to Nanjing. He saw the mountains there and said, “The Bell Mountain is like a coiled dragon, and the Stone City is like a crouched tiger. This should be the home of the emperor.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóngpánhǔjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄆㄢˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ pun⁴ fu² geoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóngpánhǔjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄆㄢˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóngpánhǔjyù
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-pʻan²-hu³-chü⁴
    • Yale: lúng-pán-hǔ-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longparnhuujiuh
    • Palladius: лунпаньхуцзюй (lunpanʹxuczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ pʰän³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ pun⁴ fu² geoi³
    • Yale: lùhng pùhn fú geui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ pun⁴ fu² goey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ pun⁴ fu² gêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ pʰuːn²¹ fuː³⁵ kɵy̯³³/

Idiom

龍盤虎踞

1. a location with forbidding and dangerous terrain, especially Nanjing