吉光片羽 — Chinese idiom
吉光片羽
jí guāng piàn yǔ
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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