一鱗半爪
Chinese
- one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
scales (of fish) half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a halfclaw trad. (一鱗半爪) 一 鱗 半 爪 simp. (一鳞半爪) 一 鳞 半 爪
Pronunciation
Idiom
一鱗半爪
- (figuratively) Synonym of 一鱗一爪/一鳞一爪 (“odd bits; fragments”).