Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional customs - A phoenix with a feather sticking out of it and a deer with a lín character on it.
A phoenix with a feather sticking out of it and a deer with a lín character on it.
凤毛麟角
[Pinyin] fèng máo lín jiǎo
[Interpretation] Feathers of the phoenix, horns of the unicorn. It is a metaphor for a precious and rare person or thing.
[Source] Southern Dynasty - Song - Liu Yiqing, "The New Story of the World - Rong Zhi": "The Danu Ku has its own phoenix feathers." Southern History - Xie Chaozong Biography: "Chaozong has a phoenix feather." Northern History - Preface to the Biography of Wen Yuan: "Scholars are like the hairs of the ox, and those who have accomplished something are like the horns of the forest."
[Example sentence] With the depth of the Star and Moon Pavilion, the martial arts techniques related to physical cultivation are also phoenix hairs.
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