凤毛麟角 — Chinese idiom
凤毛麟角
fèng máo lín jiǎo
Traditional: 鳳毛麟角
Meaning
- lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns
- fig. few and far between
Character by character
- 凤fèngmale phoenix; symbol of joy
- 毛máohair, fur, feathers; coarse
- 麟línfemale unicorn
- 角jiǎoangle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
Idioms sharing a character
- 人中龙凤 rén zhōng lóng fèng
- 伏龙凤雏 fú lóng fèng chú
- 扳龙附凤 bān lóng fù fèng
- 望女成凤 wàng nǚ chéng fèng
- 认鸡作凤 rèn jī zuò fèng
- 鸾翔凤集 luán xiáng fèng jí
- 鸾飘凤泊 luán piāo fèng bó
- 麟角凤觜 lín jiǎo fèng zuǐ
- 龙飞凤舞 lóng fēi fèng wǔ
- 龙凤呈祥 lóng fèng chéng xiáng
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