応おう竜りゅう

noun

Yinglong; dragon and rain deity

A winged dragon from Chinese mythology, associated with rain and water. Often depicted as a dragon that controls the weather.

• 応おう竜りゅうは中ちゅう国ごく神しん話わに登とう場じょうする雨あめを司つかさどる竜りゅうです。

  Yinglong is a dragon that controls rain in Chinese mythology.

• 古こ代だいの壁へき画がには応おう竜りゅうが描えがかれている。

  Yinglong is depicted in ancient murals.