The word 龙韬 is formed by combining the character 龙, meaning "dragon", with 韬, meaning "sheath" or, by extension, "military strategy". In this compound, 龙 acts as a modifier to 韬, creating a term that specifically refers to "dragon strategies", which is the title of a section in the ancient Chinese military treatise "Six Secret Teachings", where it denotes a set of tactical or strategic principles.