明察秋毫

Traditional form:

明察秋毫

Pinyin (reading):

míngcháqiūháo

Definitions:

• lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius)
• fig. perceptive of even the finest detail

Characters:

• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 察 - to examine, to investigate, to observe
• 秋 - autumn, fall; year
• 毫 - fine hair; measure of length; one-thousandth

Traditional characters:

• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 察 - to examine, to investigate, to observe
• 秋 - autumn, fall; year
• 毫 - fine hair; measure of length; one-thousandth