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鳞lín
Trad. 鱗
  • scales (of fish, snakes etc)
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逆nì鳞lín
Trad. 逆鱗
  • (Chinese legend) a patch of scales on a dragon's neck that grow in the opposite direction, which when touched enrages the dragon
  • (fig.) sensitive subject or trigger issue that provokes a strong emotional reaction when sb's views on it are challenged
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鱼yú鳞lín
Trad. 魚鱗
  • fish scales
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鳞lín伤shāng
Trad. 鱗傷
  • cuts and bruises like fish scales
  • terribly cut up
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鳞lín片piàn
Trad. 鱗片
  • scale (of fish, reptiles etc)
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鳞lín状zhuàng
Trad. 鱗狀
  • scaly
  • squamous
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鳞lín甲jiǎ
Trad. 鱗甲
  • scale
  • plate of armor
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鳞lín翅chì
Trad. 鱗翅
  • scaly wing
  • Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
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鳞lín茎jīng
Trad. 鱗莖
  • (botany) bulb
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鳞lín翅chì目mù
Trad. 鱗翅目
  • Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
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鳞lín次cì栉zhì比bǐ
Trad. 鱗次櫛比
  • row upon row
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鳞lín胸xiōng鹪jiāo鹛méi
Trad. 鱗胸鷦鶥
  • (bird species of China) scaly-breasted cupwing; scaly-breasted wren-babbler (Pnoepyga albiventer)
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东dōng鳞lín西xī爪zhǎo
Trad. 東鱗西爪
  • lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west
  • odds and ends (idiom)
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遍biàn体tǐ鳞lín伤shāng
Trad. 遍體鱗傷
  • (idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue
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一yī鳞lín半bàn爪zhǎo
Trad. 一鱗半爪
  • lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom)
  • fig. only odd bits and pieces
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鳞lín状zhuàng细xì胞bāo癌ái
Trad. 鱗狀細胞癌
  • squamous cell carcinoma
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小xiǎo鳞lín胸xiōng鹪jiāo鹛méi
Trad. 小鱗胸鷦鶥
  • (bird species of China) pygmy cupwing; pygmy wren-babbler (Pnoepyga pusilla)
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鳞lín喉hóu绿lǜ啄zhuó木mù鸟niǎo
Trad. 鱗喉綠啄木鳥
  • (bird species of China) streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus)
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鳞lín腹fù绿lǜ啄zhuó木mù鸟niǎo
Trad. 鱗腹綠啄木鳥
  • (bird species of China) scaly-bellied woodpecker (Picus squamatus)
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大dà鳞lín大dá马mǎ哈hǎ鱼yú
Trad. 大鱗大馬哈魚
  • see 大鱗大麻哈魚|大鳞大麻哈鱼[da4 lin2 da2 ma2 ha3 yu2]
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