洗衣板
xǐ yī bǎn
Pinyin
Definition
洗衣板
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- washboard
- (jocularly) flat chest
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一板一眼
- 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
- 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
- 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
以泪洗面
- 1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
天衣无缝
- 1 lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)
- 2 fig. flawless
宵衣旰食
- 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
- 2 diligently attending to official matters