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毫发不爽

háo fà bù shuǎngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
not to deviate one hair's breadth (idiom) / to be extremely accurate
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-8101b9d797d27416. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

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

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Other forms in these source records: 毫髮不爽

  • 毫
    háo

    hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan

  • 发
    fā

    to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

    fà

    hair / Taiwan pr. [fǎ]

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 爽
    shuǎng

    bright / clear / crisp / open / frank / straightforward / to feel well / fine / pleasurable / invigorating / to deviate

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.