- 东鳞西爪
- dōnglínxīzhǎoodds and ends; bits and pieces; fragments* * *dong1 lin2 xi1 zhao3lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west, odds and ends (idiom)* * *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)* * *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. Academic. 2013.