lín​jiǎo​fèng​jù

rare and precious

  • created sense approved 麟角凤距/麟角鳳距 · lín​jiǎo​fèng​jù · rare and precious — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    麟角凤距 / 麟角鳳距

    lín​jiǎo​fèng​jù

    rare and precious

    the horn of a [[麒麟|麒麟|qi2 lin2]] and the spur of a phoenix; describes extremely rare and precious people or things

    麟 (literal) → 麟 · lín · qilin 角 (literal) → 角 · jiǎo · horn 凤 (literal) → 凤/鳳 · fèng · phoenix 距 (literal) → 距 · jù · spur

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 麟角凤距/麟角鳳距 · lín​jiǎo​fèng​jù · rare but useless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    麟角凤距 / 麟角鳳距

    lín​jiǎo​fèng​jù

    rare but useless

    (literary) describes something rare and precious that is nevertheless of little practical value

    麟 (literal) → 麟 · lín · qilin 角 (literal) → 角 · jiǎo · horn 凤 (literal) → 凤/鳳 · fèng · phoenix 距 (literal) → 距 · jù · spur

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense