鳞甲 (鱗甲)
lín jiǎ
Pinyin

Definition

鳞甲 (鱗甲)
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lín jiǎ
  1. scale
  2. plate of armor

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhǐ jia
  1. 1 fingernail
jiǎ
  1. 1 first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  2. 2 (used for an unspecified person or thing)
  3. 3 first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
  4. 4 letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  5. 5 armor plating
  6. 6 shell or carapace
  7. 7 (of the fingers or toes) nail
  8. 8 bladed leather or metal armor (old)
  9. 9 ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
  10. 10 civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bǎo jiǎ] system (old)
  11. 11 ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
Yì Jiǎ
  1. 1 Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system
zhǐ jia yóu
  1. 1 nail polish
zhǐ jia qián
  1. 1 nail clipper

Idioms (5)

枕戈寝甲
zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ
  1. 1 to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep ready for battle at all times
案兵束甲
àn bīng shù jiǎ
  1. 1 to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
案甲休兵
àn jiǎ xiū bīng
  1. 1 to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
甲之蜜糖,乙之砒霜
jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng
  1. 1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
身怀六甲
shēn huái liù jiǎ
  1. 1 to be pregnant (idiom)