毫髮不爽

简 毫发不爽 · 繁 毫髮不爽
Mandarin · pinyin háo fà bù shuǎng

Meanings

  1. not to deviate one hair's breadth (idiom)
  2. to be extremely accurate
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毫
háo · fine hair; measure of length
髮
fà · fǎ · hair
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
爽
shuǎng · happy, cheerful; refreshing
发
fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
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2–4–4–3 · hao2 fa4 bu4 shuang3

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hou4 faat3 bat1 song2

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毫髮不爽 · hao2 fa4 bu4 shuang3
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Exact source record毫髮不爽 毫发不爽 [hao2 fa4 bu4 shuang3] /not to deviate one hair's breadth (idiom)/to be extremely accurate/