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Usage of the character 栉

zhì
[櫛]
  • comb
  • to comb
  • to weed out
  • to eliminate
  • Taiwan pr. (jié)
zhìbǐ
栉比
[櫛比]
  • lined up close (like teeth of a comb)
zhìshuǐmǔ
栉水母
[櫛水母]
  • comb jellies (Ctenophora)
líncìzhìbǐ
鳞次栉比
[鱗次櫛比]
  • row upon row
zhìfēngmùyǔ
栉风沐雨
[櫛風沐雨]
  • lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom)
  • fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather
mùyǔzhìfēng
沐雨栉风
[沐雨櫛風]
  • to work unceasingly regardless of the weather (idiom)
zhìkǒngshànbèi
栉孔扇贝
[櫛孔扇貝]
  • Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri), aka Chinese scallop