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龙舌兰 meaning in English

lóngshélán

agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana; agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)

Traditional 龍舌蘭16 strokes

Meaning of 龙舌兰

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lóngshélán
  1. agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana
  2. agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)

龙舌兰 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ一yī喝hē龙lóng舌shé兰lán酒jiǔ就jiù变biàn得de很hěn吵chǎo。
Tom always gets rowdy when he drinks tequila.
龙lóng舌shé兰lán日rì出chū由yóu柳liǔ橙chéng汁zhī、龙lóng舌shé兰lán酒jiǔ和hé石shí榴liú糖táng浆jiāng调tiáo制zhì而ér成chéng。
The Tequila Sunrise is made with orange juice, tequila, and grenadine.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

龙 lóng · Chinese dragon · 5 strokes

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  3. 3
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舌 shé · tongue · 6 strokes

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兰 lán · orchid · 5 strokes

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  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 龙舌兰.

舌头shétoutongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
恐龙kǒnglóngdinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]); (old) (slang) ugly person
沙龙shālóngsalon (loanword)
伊斯兰教YīsīlánjiàoIslam
水龙头shuǐlóngtóufaucet; tap
来龙去脉láilóng-qùmài(lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom); (fig.) the whole sequence of events; caus
七嘴八舌qīzuǐ-bāshélively discussion with everybody talking at once
尼龙nílóng(loanword) nylon
龙舟lóngzhōudragon boat; imperial boat
跑龙套pǎo lóngtàoto play a small role
画龙点睛huàlóng-diǎnjīngto paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the
法兰fǎlánflange (loanword)

Questions about 龙舌兰

What does 龙舌兰 mean?

龙舌兰 (lóngshélán) means "agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana; agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)".

How do you write 龙舌兰?

龙舌兰 is made of 3 characters: 龙 (5 strokes), 舌 (6 strokes), 兰 (5 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

How is 龙舌兰 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 龙舌兰 is written 龍舌蘭.