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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | - 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 |
| 丝 | sī | - silk - thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips - classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 苟 | gǒu | - surname Gou |
| 苟 | 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 |