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Long Teng Hu Teng

[Pronunciation][lóng téng hǔ yuè]

[Explanation] It looks like a dragon soaring and a tiger jumping. It describes the running and jumping with strong and vigorous movements. It is also used as a metaphor for rising to action and making a difference.

[Source] Tang Yan Cong, "Preface to the Proposed Praise of the Famous Ministers of the Three Kingdoms": "The sages are appointed; the sages are appointed; the dragons soar and the tigers leap; the winds flow and the clouds vaporize; the quest for subtlety is subtle; and their ways are all tied to heaven."

[Example sentence] In the square, the happy crowd ~, singing and dancing.

[near-sense]Dragon jumping and lying on the ground with vigor and vigour, alive with dragon and tiger, and vigorous with heroic spirit, alive with dragon and horse spirit, angry and vigorous with dragon soaring and tiger leaping

[antonym]A pool of stagnant water, dead and dull, ten thousand horses, all mute, gentle and elegant, and twilight dull and heavy