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東鱗西爪
dōng​lín​xī​zhǎo

odds and ends

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东鳞西爪/ 東鱗西爪 dōng​lín​xī​zhǎo (also dōng​lín​xī​zhuǎ) odds and ends

Literally "a scale from the east and a claw from the west"; refers to fragments or bits and pieces of something that do not reveal the whole picture.

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