严丝合缝 — Chinese idiom
严丝合缝
yán sī hé fèng
Traditional: 嚴絲合縫
Meaning
- to fit together snugly; to dovetail perfectly
Character by character
- 严yánstrict, rigorous, rigid; stern
- 丝sīsilk, fine thread; wire; strings
- 合héto combine, to join, to unite; to gather
- 缝fèngto sew, to mend
Idioms sharing a character
- 严以律己 yán yǐ lǜ jǐ
- 严惩不贷 yán chéng bù dài
- 义正辞严 yì zhèng cí yán
- 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
- 抽丝剥茧 chōu sī bō jiǎn
- 治丝益棼 zhì sī yì fén
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