吉光片羽 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (lit.) a fragment of the fur of the Jiguang, a mythical beast
• (fig.) precious fragment; treasured remnant

Character by character

• 吉jílucky, propitious, good
• 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 片piànslice, splinter; page, strip
• 羽yǔfeather, plume; wings

Idioms sharing a character

• 凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo
• 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì
• 完事大吉 wán shì dà jí
• 良辰吉日 liáng chén jí rì
• 万事大吉 wàn shì dà jí
• 趋吉避凶 qū jí bì xiōng
• 逢凶化吉 féng xiōng huà jí
• 关门大吉 guān mén dà jí
• 黄道吉日 huáng dào jí rì
• 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè

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