细大不捐 — Chinese idiom
细大不捐
xì dà bù juān
Traditional: 細大不捐
Meaning
- not to discard anything, whether small or big
- all-embracing
Character by character
- 细xìfine, detailed; slender, thin
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 捐juānto give, to donate; to give up, to renounce
Idioms sharing a character
- 事无巨细 shì wú jù xì
- 低声细语 dī shēng xì yǔ
- 呢喃细语 ní nán xì yǔ
- 心细如发 xīn xì rú fà
- 精打细算 jīng dǎ xì suàn
- 精雕细刻 jīng diāo xì kè
- 细嚼慢咽 xì jiáo màn yàn
- 细皮嫩肉 xì pí nèn ròu
- 细声细气 xì shēng xì qì
- 轻声细语 qīng shēng xì yǔ
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