密鳞鳞

密鱗鱗
mìlínlín
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 densely packed and glinting (like fish scales)
  2. 2 closely layered with a shimmering surface

Examples

Wūdǐng de wǎpiàn mìlínlín de, zài yángguāng xià shǎnzhe guāng.
The roof tiles were packed close like fish scales, glinting in the sunlight.
Húmiàn bèi fēng chuī de mìlínlín yī piàn.
The wind rippled the lake into a densely glinting expanse of scales.

Tips

memory
is the scale of a fish. 密鳞鳞 literally "densely scaly" — used when you see many small, close, shiny things (tiles, scales, ripples) that look like fish scales. Great for descriptive writing.

Stroke Order

lín