不拘小節
bù​jū​xiǎo​jié

not to bother about trifles

  • created sense approved 不拘小节/不拘小節 · bù​jū​xiǎo​jié · not to bother about trifles — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不拘小节 / 不拘小節

    bù​jū​xiǎo​jié

    not to bother about trifles

    (idiom) to not be punctilious; to be unconcerned with minor details or trivialities of daily life

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 拘 (literal) → 拘 · jū · to restrain 小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small 节 (literal) → 节/節 · jié · etiquette

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense