Jiēdào liǎng páng de diànpù líncìzhìbǐ, shífēn rènao.
Shops line both sides of the street in tight rows — very bustling.
Tips
history
Roots in 《诗经·周颂·良耜》: '其比如栉' — 'arranged as close as comb teeth'. The four-character form appears in Bao Zhao's Southern-dynasty 《咏史》 poem: '京城十二衢，飞甍各鳞次。'
memory
鳞 (fish scales) + 栉 (comb teeth) — two things famous for being packed in tight parallel rows. Buildings, shops, or houses 'like scales and teeth' — dense, aligned, unbroken.
