点水不漏 — Chinese idiom
点水不漏
diǎn shuǐ bù lòu
Traditional: 點水不漏
Meaning
- not one drop of water leaks ; fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous
- watertight
Character by character
- 点diǎndot, point, speck
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 漏lòuto leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel
Idioms sharing a character
- 指点江山 zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān
- 文不加点 wén bù jiā diǎn
- 煽风点火 shān fēng diǎn huǒ
- 画龙点睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng
- 蜻蜓点水 qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ
- 装点门面 zhuāng diǎn mén miàn
- 点睛之笔 diǎn jīng zhī bǐ
- 点石成金 diǎn shí chéng jīn
- 点金成铁 diǎn jīn chéng tiě
- 点铁成金 diǎn tiě chéng jīn
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