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===Title=== The title "''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''" is a literal translation of the [[Chengyu|Chinese idiom]] "θ₯θθιΎ" which describes a place or situation that is full of unnoticed masters. It is from a poem of the ancient Chinese poet [[Yu Xin]] (513β581) that reads "ζη³ηθθοΌη€ζ ΉδΌΌθ₯ιΎ", which means "behind the rock in the dark probably hides a tiger, and the coiling giant root resembles a crouching dragon".<ref name="title">{{cite web|url=http://www.zdic.net/c/7/172/385491.htm|title=Chinese Dictionary β Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon|access-date=27 June 2013|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011537/http://www.zdic.net/c/7/172/385491.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The title also has several other layers of meaning. On one level, the Chinese characters in the title connect to the narrative that the last character in Xiaohu and Jiaolong's names mean "tiger" and "dragon", respectively. On another level, the Chinese idiomatic phrase is an expression referring to the undercurrents of emotion, passion, and secret desire that lie beneath the surface of polite society and civil behavior,<ref name="dilley" /> which alludes to the film's storyline.
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