细大不踰
xì​dà​bù​yú

scrupulous in everything

  • created sense approved 细大不踰/細大不踰 · xì​dà​bù​yú · scrupulous in everything — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    细大不踰 / 細大不踰

    xì​dà​bù​yú

    scrupulous in everything

    to respect boundaries in all matters, whether great or small; meticulous in following rules or limits

    细 (literal) → 细/細 · xì · meticulous 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 踰 (literal) → 踰 · yú · to exceed

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

    created sense