细大不捐 — Chinese idiom

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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