DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

秋毫不犯

Mandarin · pinyin qiū háo bù fàn

see 秋毫無犯 qiū háo wú fàn

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

秋: qiū · autumn, fall; year
毫: háo · fine hair; measure of length
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
犯: fàn · commit crime, violate; criminal

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–2–4–4 · qiu1 hao2 bu4 fan4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links1source reference

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

秋毫不犯 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗