毫厘不爽 — Chinese idiom
毫厘不爽
háo lí bù shuǎng
Traditional: 毫釐不爽
Meaning
- not to deviate an iota
- to be extremely accurate
Character by character
- 毫háofine hair; measure of length; one-thousandth
- 厘líone thousandth
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 爽shuǎngcrisp, refreshing; candid, frank; pleased, happy
Idioms sharing a character
- 一分一毫 yī fēn yī háo
- 一丝一毫 yī sī yī háo
- 挥毫洒墨 huī háo sǎ mò
- 毫无二致 háo wú èr zhì
- 毫无逊色 háo wú xùn sè
- 毫发不爽 háo fà bù shuǎng
- 毫发无伤 háo fà wú shāng
- 秋毫无犯 qiū háo wú fàn
- 丝毫不差 sī háo bù chā
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
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