HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

一丝不苟

yìsī-bùgǒu

Traditional: 一絲不苟

not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules

HSK 7–9

Meaning of 一丝不苟 in English

yìsī-bùgǒuHSK 7–9Syllabus #10277
  1. not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules
  2. meticulous
  3. not one hair out of place

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences