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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 一丝不苟

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一丝不苟 yī sī bù gǒu - not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules
- meticulous
- not one hair out of place

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 - 19,635 23,272 27,294

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- silk
- thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips
- classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
gǒu- surname Gou
gǒu- (literary) if indeed
- (bound form) careless; negligent
- (bound form) temporarily

Other Words Containing 一丝不苟

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
一丝不苟 6 - 19,635 23,272 27,294