not to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom); all-embracing
trad. 細大不捐
Also written 細大不捐【xì dà bù juān】
Characters in this word
4细
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thin or slender, finely particulate, thin and soft, fine, delicate, trifling, (of a sound) quiet, frugal
- Pinyin
- xì
- Traditional
- 細
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 14935 of 2500
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
捐
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to relinquish; to abandon, to contribute; to donate, (bound form) tax; levy
- Pinyin
- juān
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 10736 of 2500