一板一眼
Traditional form:
一板一眼
Pinyin (reading):
yībǎnyīyǎn
Definitions:
- lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
- scrupulous attention to detail
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 板 - board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 眼 - eyelet, hole, opening
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