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鳞次栉比

lín cì zhì bǐdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
row upon row
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-89586917bb04c9f6. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

鱗次櫛比 鳞次栉比 [lin2 ci4 zhi4 bi3] /row upon row/

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Other forms in these source records: 鱗次櫛比

  • 鳞
    lín

    scales (of fish, snakes etc)

  • 次
    cì

    next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time

  • 栉
    zhì

    comb / to comb / to weed out / to eliminate / Taiwan pr. [jié]

  • 比
    bī

    See the full entry for source details.

    bǐ

    to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bì] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)

    Bǐ

    Belgium / Belgian / abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bǐ lì shí]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.