DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

秋毫無犯

简秋毫无犯 · 繁秋毫無犯

Mandarin · pinyin qiū háo wú fàn

(idiom) (of soldiers) highly disciplined, not committing the slightest offense against civilians

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

秋: qiū · autumn, fall; year
毫: háo · fine hair; measure of length
無: Look up this written character
犯: fàn · commit crime, violate; criminal
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–2–2–4 · qiu1 hao2 wu2 fan4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

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.

秋毫無犯 · find source passages ↗ · 秋毫无犯 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cau1 hou4 mou4 faan6

Cantonese word readings for 秋毫無犯. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

phrase

(idiomatic) to not even commit the slightest violation

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack