一字不苟 | meticulously precise with every word

yī一zì字bù不gǒu苟

To be meticulously precise with every word; to weigh every word carefully and avoid any sloppiness, especially in writing.

他在撰写重要的学术论文时，总是坚持一字不苟，力求文字精准无误，以确保观点的严谨性。

When writing important academic papers, he always insists on being meticulously precise with every word, striving for accurate and error-free text to ensure the rigor of his arguments.

Era:

Ancient

Frequency:

Synonym:

字斟句酌

Story:

During the Tang Dynasty, Gao Shi, the Inspector of Liangzhe, once wrote a poem on Qingfeng Ridge: 'The autumn wind on the towering ridge is already cool, cranes flutter, scattering pine dew to wet clothes. The moon sets in the village ahead, a river of water flows, a monk opens a bamboo room amidst the emerald haze.'

Later, when he passed Qingfeng Ridge again, he pondered changing the character '一' (yī, meaning 'one') in his poem to '半' (bàn, meaning 'half').

A local monk then informed him that Luo Binwang from Yiwu had already made that exact change for him long ago, recognizing the poetic nuance.

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