东鳞西爪

dōnglínxīzhǎo

odds and ends; bits and pieces; fragments

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dong1 lin2 xi1 zhao3

lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west, odds and ends (idiom)

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东鳞西爪

dōng lín xī zhǎo

（比喻事物的零星片断） a dragon scale from the east and a dragon claw from the west -- bits and pieces; odds and ends; fragments of a historical record, a paleontological specimen, an object of art, etc. of value, culled from many parts of the country (not intact nor complete as a collection)

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東鱗西爪|东鳞西爪 [dōng lín xī zhǎo] ► lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west ► odds and ends (idiom)