虎踞龙盘
hǔ jù lóng pán · lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 虎踞龙盘
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
tray; plate; dish; CL:個|个[ge4]
老虎lǎohǔtiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
键盘jiànpánkeyboard
龙lóngChinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur; surname Long
马虎mǎhucareless; sloppy; negligent; skimpy
盘pántray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)