一丝不苟
Traditional form:
一絲不苟
Pinyin (reading):
yīsībùgǒu
Definitions:
- not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules
- meticulous
- not one hair out of place
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 丝 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 苟 - careless, frivolous, illicit; but, if only
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