or the Chinese.We refer to ourselves as the descendants of the dragon(龙的传人).In some dictionaries,"Chinese dragon"is given to the explanation of the word dragon just to be different with Western concept of dragon.So here dragon and are different in both denotational and connotaional meanings 10or the Chinese. We refer to ourselves as the descendants of the dragon (龙的传人). In some dictionaries, “Chinese dragon” is given to the explanation of the word dragon just to be different with Western concept of dragon. So here dragon and 龙 are different in both denotational and connotaional meanings. 10