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一鳞半爪

yī lín bàn zhǎo

4-character word Traditional 一鱗半爪

What 一鳞半爪 means

1. lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom)
2. fig. only odd bits and pieces

The characters in 一鳞半爪

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 鳞línscales (of fish, snakes etc)
• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 爪zhuǎ(colloquial) foot of an animal or bird; (colloquial) foot supporting a cooking pot etc

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