東鱗西爪 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 东鳞西爪 dōnglínxīzhǎo ㄉㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧ ㄓㄠˇ lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west odds and ends (idiom) Character by character 東(dōng)surname Dong 鱗(lín)scales 西(xī)the West 爪(zhǎo)foot of a bird or animal A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0