汉英词典
MEANING OF 一鳞半爪
lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
Originally, it meant that the dragon was in the cloud, with a scale on the east and half of its claws on the west, without seeing its full picture / It is a metaphor for fragmentary things
龙在天空驾云而行，时而露出一片鳞甲或半只脚爪。比喻所见事物仅为一小部分，并非全貌读者所看到的，只不过是南明社会的一鳞半爪而已。
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