汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 东鳞西爪
东鳞西爪 (東鱗西爪)
lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west / odds and ends (idiom)
Originally, when the dragon was painted, the body of the dragon was covered by clouds, but a dragon scale was painted on the east side, and a dragon claw was exposed on the west side, and the whole body of the dragon was not visible / It is a metaphor for fragmentary things
见〖一鳞半爪〗。
() dōng () lín 西 zhǎo/zhuǎ
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