jí​lín

to wait in seclusion

Senses

戢鳞/ 戢鱗 jí​lín to wait in seclusion

(literary) to await an opportunity in seclusion, like a fish folding its scales and remaining still; to retire from public life

戢鳞/ 戢鱗 jí​lín motionless fish

a fish remaining still and not swimming; (figurative) to fold one's scales

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