一丝一毫
yī sī yī háo
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1 one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit
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2 an iota
一丝不挂
yī sī bù guà
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1 not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked
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2 without a stitch of clothing
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3 in one's birthday suit
一丝不苟
yī sī bù gǒu
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1 not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules
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2 meticulous
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3 not one hair out of place
以虚带实
yǐ xū dài shí
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1 to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom)
吐丝自缚
tǔ sī zì fù
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1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
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2 hoist with his own petard
单丝不成线,独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
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1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
严丝合缝
yán sī hé fèng
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1 to fit tightly (idiom)
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2 to join seamlessly
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3 to fit snugly
峨冠博带
é guān bó dài
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1 official class
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2 intellectual class (idiom)
带牛佩犊
dài niú pèi dú
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1 to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
抽丝剥茧
chōu sī bāo jiǎn
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1 lit. to spin silk from cocoons
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2 fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
拉家带口
lā jiā dài kǒu
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1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
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2 tied down by family obligations
携家带口
xié jiā dài kǒu
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1 to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family
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2 tied down by family obligations
携家带眷
xié jiā dài juàn
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1 to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family
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2 tied down by family obligations
梨花带雨
lí huā dài yǔ
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1 lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom)
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2 fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
机会带来成功
jī huì dài lái chéng gōng
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1 Opportunity brings success. (idiom)
病来如山倒,病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
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1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
粘皮带骨
nián pí dài gǔ
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1 (old) (idiom) muddled
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2 indecisive
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3 plodding
纹丝不动
wén sī bù dòng
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1 to not move a single jot (idiom)
丝毫不差
sī háo bù chā
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1 accurate to perfection (idiom)
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2 precise to the finest detail
藕断丝连
ǒu duàn sī lián
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1 lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another