Pinyin | Part of speech | interpretation | English translation | example sentence | illustrative word |
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lín | noun | Pictophoney. From fish, sliding (l ì n) sound. Original meaning: fish shell | scale of fish，etc. | Scale, fish armor—— Shuowen The scales are strong—— Yang Xiong's Yu Lie Fu Scales and waves lay in layers—— Yuan Hongdao, Ming Dynasty, Journey to Manjing Scales and claws fly—— Qing Dynasty, Liang Qichao, Collection of Ice Room Works Red scale big hyena—— Biography of Liu Yi by Li Chaowei, Tang Dynasty | Scale claw; Scale (the appearance of water lines connected); Scale to scale; Scale gathering (gathering like fish scales) |
Scale | sth.shaped like the scales of a fish | Scale, armour—— Guangya Its animals are suitable for scaling—— Rites of the Zhou Dynasty - Da Situ | - |
Zoological terms. It is a hard small thin sheet covered on the animal body surface, which is a diversified structure. | - | - | Scale rat (a kind of wild rat. It has scale armor, hence its name) |
Botanical terms. | - | - | Squama leaf |
Synonym for fish | fish | Scales gather and rivers rise—— Sima Xiangru's The Old Man in Difficult Shu. Note: "Scale is secondary." Sip the scales of the waves—— Yuan Hongdao's Journey to Manjing, Ming Dynasty Brocade scale swimming—— "Yueyang Tower" by Fan Zhongyan of Song Dynasty | Squama (fish); Scale feather (generally referring to fish and birds); Scales (of fish); There is no sign of the great scale and great wealth; Scales gather and the river flows upward (A school of fish faces the upstream. It is a metaphor for people from all over the world who admire virtue and return home) |
General name of scaly animals | scaly animal | Scale insects are 360 and dragons are long—— Confucius Family Language - Bridle They eat insects in winter in summer—— The Book of Changes - Lord's Order | Scale medium (generally refers to aquatic animals with scale medium A); Scale insect |
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