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戢鳞
jí​lín

to wait in seclusion

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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
motionless fish
a fish remaining still and not swimming; (figurative) to fold one's scales
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