鳞
Meaning
lín lin2
- scales (of fish, snakes etc)
Words with 鳞
- 鱼鳞yúlínfish scales
- 鳞片línpiànscale (of fish, reptiles etc)
- 鳞甲línjiǎscale
- 鳞伤línshāngcuts and bruises like fish scales
- 鳞状línzhuàngscaly
- 鳞翅línchìscaly wing
- 逆鳞nìlín(Chinese legend) a patch of scales on a dragon's neck that grow in the opposite direction, which when touched enrages the dragon
- 鳞茎línjīng(botany) bulb
- 鳞翅目línchìmùLepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
- 一鳞半爪yīlínbànzhǎolit. one scale and half a claw (idiom)
- 东鳞西爪dōnglínxīzhǎolit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west
- 遍体鳞伤biàntǐlínshāng(idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue