lín jiǎo fèng zuǐ

Traditional: 麟角鳳觜

麟角凤觜 (lín jiǎo fèng zuǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom); fig. rara avis; rarity”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom)
  2. 2fig. rara avis
  3. 3rarity

Characters in 麟角凤觜

麟lín · variant of 麟[lin2]角jiǎo · angle凤fèng · phoenix觜zī · number 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座|猎户座

Related words

角色role; part (in a play or movie etc)角angle角role (theater)角surname Jue角度angle主角leading role; lead角落corner (of a room, courtyard etc)凤凰phoenix凤凰see 鳳凰縣|凤凰县[Feng4 huang2 Xian4]五角大楼the Pentagon拐角to turn a corner角逐to tussle

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