Wūdǐng de wǎpiàn mìlínlín de, zài yángguāng xià shǎn zhe guāng.
The roof tiles were packed close like fish scales, glinting in the sunlight.
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鳞 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.