凤 fèng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 几 — small table
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
凤毛麟角
fèngmáolínjiǎo
rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns; extremely rare
Characters in this word
麟 lín
- Strokes
- 23
- Radical
- 鹿 — deer
- Made of
- 鹿 deer 粦 phosphorus
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
角 jiǎo
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 角 — angle, corner
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这样诚实又肯干的人，在今天实在是凤毛麟角。 Zhèyàng chéngshí yòu kěn gàn de rén, zài jīntiān shízài shì fèngmáo línjiǎo. Honest and hardworking people like this are truly rare these days.
- 在这个小镇上，会做传统手工纸的人已是凤毛麟角。 Zài zhège xiǎozhèn shàng, huì zuò chuántǒng shǒugōngzhǐ de rén yǐ shì fèngmáo línjiǎo. In this small town, people who can make traditional handmade paper are now extremely rare.
- 能说这种古老方言的老人，如今已经凤毛麟角。 Néng shuō zhè zhǒng gǔlǎo fāngyán de lǎorén, rújīn yǐjīng fèngmáo línjiǎo. Elderly people who can speak this ancient dialect are now extremely rare.
Related words
- 凤凰 fènghuáng phoenix
- 毛 máo mao (a tenth of a yuan)
- 毛 máo hair; fur
- 毛病 máobìng problem; defect
- 毛巾 máojīn towel
- 毛衣 máoyī sweater
- 毛笔 máobǐ writing brush
- 羽毛球 yǔmáoqiú badminton; shuttlecock
- 眉毛 méimao eyebrow
- 一毛不拔 yìmáobùbá stingy; unwilling to spend even a penny
- 角 jiǎo corner; horn
- 角度 jiǎodù angle; point of view