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东鳞西爪

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4-character word Traditional 東鱗西爪

What 东鳞西爪 means

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

The characters in 东鳞西爪

• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 鳞línscales (of fish, snakes etc)
• 西xīwest
• 爪zhuǎ(colloquial) foot of an animal or bird; (colloquial) foot supporting a cooking pot etc