精打细算 — Chinese idiom
精打细算
jīng dǎ xì suàn
Traditional: 精打細算
Meaning
- meticulous planning and careful accounting
Character by character
- 精jīngessence, germ, spirit
- 打dǎto attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
- 细xìfine, detailed; slender, thin
- 算suànto calculate, to count; to figure, to plan
Idioms sharing a character
- 兵精粮足 bīng jīng liáng zú
- 励精图治 lì jīng tú zhì
- 博大精深 bó dà jīng shēn
- 博而不精 bó ér bù jīng
- 古灵精怪 gǔ líng jīng guài
- 业精于勤 yè jīng yú qín
- 殚精极虑 dān jīng jí lǜ
- 殚精竭虑 dān jīng jié lǜ
- 无精打彩 wú jīng dǎ cǎi
- 无精打采 wú jīng dǎ cǎi
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