东鳞西爪 (東鱗西爪)
dōng lín xī zhǎo
Pinyin
Definition
东鳞西爪 (東鱗西爪)
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- lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west
- odds and ends (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 east and west
- 1 the West
- 2 abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá]
- 3 Spanish
- 1 Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shǎn xī Shěng] in northwest China
- 2 see also: 西安区 Xī ān qū
- 1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
- 2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey
Idioms (20)
一鳞半爪
- 1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
中西合璧
- 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
各奔东西
- 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
- 2 to part ways with sb
- 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
喝西北风
- 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
夕阳西下
- 1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)