见缝插针 — Chinese idiom
见缝插针
jiàn fèng chā zhēn
Traditional: 見縫插針
Meaning
- lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle ; fig. to make use of every second and every inch
Character by character
- 见jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 缝fèngto sew, to mend
- 插chāto insert, to stick in; to pierce; to plant
- 针zhēnneedle, pin, tack; acupuncture
Idioms sharing a character
- 一孔之见 yī kǒng zhī jiàn
- 一般见识 yī bān jiàn shi
- 一见钟情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng
- 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
- 一针见血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě
- 不见不散 bù jiàn bù sàn
- 不见天日 bù jiàn tiān rì
- 不见经传 bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
- 井蛙之见 jǐng wā zhī jiàn
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
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