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大排长龙

dà pái cháng lóngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to form a long queue (idiom) / (of cars) to be bumper to bumper
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-26977432a57b2efc. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大排長龍 大排长龙 [da4 pai2 chang2 long2] /to form a long queue (idiom)/(of cars) to be bumper to bumper/

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Other forms in these source records: 大排長龍

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 排
    pái

    to arrange in order / to line up / to exclude / to eliminate / to repel / to expel / to discharge / (literary) to push aside / to force open / to rehearse / row / line / platoon / (bound form) steak / chop / (bound form) raft / classifier for rows or lines (of people or things)

  • 长
    cháng

    long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point / forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus / spare (Taiwan pr. [zhàng])

    zhǎng

    chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

  • 龙
    lóng

    Chinese dragon / loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur

    Lóng

    surname Long

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.