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蝇头小楷 — “Miniscule”

蝇头小楷 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Miniscule”. Neatly written characters, often referring to extremely small regular script handwriting. Literally, “fly's head small regular script”.

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蝇头小楷 Pronunciation and Pinyin

蝇头小楷 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
蝇
yíng14housefly
头
tóu5head
小
xiǎo3small, little, young, minor
楷
kǎi13model, standard, regular script

Example Sentence with 蝇头小楷

老书法家写字,虽然年事已高,笔下的蝇头小楷依然清晰工整。
The old calligrapher, despite his advanced age, still produced clear and neat minuscule script.

Idioms Related to 蝇头小楷

More idioms starting with 蝇

  • yíng蝇lì利wō蜗míng名petty profits and paltry reputation
  • yíng蝇míng名wō蜗lì利petty fame and trivial gains
  • yíng蝇shēng声wā蛙zào噪inferior, meaningless literary works or trivial chatter
  • yíng蝇shēng声wā蛙zào躁trivial, uninspired, tiresome literary works
  • yíng蝇tóu头xiǎo小lì利petty gains
  • yíng蝇tóu头wēi微lì利paltry profits
  • yíng蝇tóu头wō蜗jiǎo角Trifling gains and petty fame
  • yíng蝇cuán攒yǐ蚁jù聚a large disorderly crowd gathering
  • yíng蝇cuán攒yǐ蚁fù附scramble for personal gain
  • yíng蝇fèn粪diǎn点yù玉slander a good person
  • yíng蝇yíng营gǒu狗gǒu苟shamelessly scramble for personal gain
  • yíng蝇yíng营yǐ蚁jù聚swarm around for personal gain

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Questions about 蝇头小楷

What does 蝇头小楷 mean?

蝇头小楷 (yíng tóu xiǎo kǎi) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Miniscule”.

How do you pronounce 蝇头小楷?

蝇头小楷 is pronounced yíng tóu xiǎo kǎi in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 蝇头小楷 literally mean?

Literally, 蝇头小楷 means “fly's head small regular script”. It is used to mean “Miniscule”.

What is the Chinese definition of 蝇头小楷?

像苍蝇头一般大小的楷体汉字。

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