a coiling dragon and a crouching tiger—a forbidding strategic point [usually referring to the city of Nanjing]; a strong fortisified city ❍ ~今胜昔,天翻地覆慨而慷。(《毛泽东诗词·七律·人民解放军占领南京》) The City,a tiger crouching,a dragon curling,outshines its ancient glories; 丨In heroic triumph heaven and earth have been overturned.