Some contrastive contexts clearly use the former meaning "jiao and long dragons"; the Zhuangzi (17, tr.

Wang notes qiu and chi are types of long "dragons".

Bahamut is depicted as a massive, long and sinuous dragon with silver-white scales and blue, catlike eyes.

A small organization cannot afford to run a very long dragon because it consumes great human power, great expenses and special skills which are difficult to manage.

He looked ahead in time to see Esteban dashing through the middle of a long and twisted Chinese dragon, ripping it right in half.

Moreover, they saw a long dragon of war at anchor near the shore.

Sardior appears as a long sinewy dragon covered with deep ruby red scales and a playful expression.

The Golden Dragon Museum houses both the oldest and the longest imperial dragons in the world.

He's also a twenty-foot long blue dragon ... half grown.

Some authors differentiate Japanese ryū and Chinese long dragons by the number of claws on their feet.