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China: Loong not Dragon

Categories: East Asia, China, Arts & Culture, Humor, Language

Lanzhou city urged to standardize the translation of Chinese dragon into “Loong” [1]as the two words convey very different imagine. Zishuo suggests to translate the word into “Yoooooog” [2]as the word carries the horns, reflects the length and shows the tails of the Chinese dragon.