纹丝不动 — Chinese idiom
纹丝不动
wén sī bù dòng
Traditional: 紋絲不動
Meaning
- to not move a single jot
Character by character
- 纹wénline, stripe; pattern, decoration; wrinkle
- 丝sīsilk, fine thread; wire; strings
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 动dòngto move, to happen; movement, action
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丝一毫 yī sī yī háo
- 一丝不挂 yī sī bù guà
- 一丝不苟 yī sī bù gǒu
- 千丝万缕 qiān sī wàn lǚ
- 吐丝自缚 tǔ sī zì fù
- 严丝合缝 yán sī hé fèng
- 抽丝剥茧 chōu sī bō jiǎn
- 治丝益棼 zhì sī yì fén
- 丝毫不差 sī háo bù chā
- 丝竹管弦 sī zhú guǎn xián
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