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一丝不挂

yī sī bù guàdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
not wearing one thread (idiom) / absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit
Sources & editorial notes

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-884655ae3a632c6e. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

一絲不掛 一丝不挂 [yi1 si1 bu4 gua4] /not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked/without a stitch of clothing/in one's birthday suit/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 一絲不掛

  • 一
    yī

    one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

  • 丝
    sī

    silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc

  • 不
    bù

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

  • 挂
    guà

    to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.