东鳞西爪

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)

Chinese-English dictionary. . 2013.

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