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秋毫
qiūháo
1. new down (fine feather)
2. fig. the small thing
Uncommon • Top 28%

Character Breakdown

秋
qiū
autumn, fall; year
HSK 3 9 丶
毫
háo
fine hair; measure of length; one-thousandth
HSK 5 11 丶

Compound Words (2)

明察秋毫
míngcháqiūháo
lit. seeing clearly the downy feather of autumn (idiom, from Mencius); fig. sensitive to the finest detail
秋毫无犯
qiūháowúfàn
lit. not harming a new feather (idiom); not commit the slightest offense against the people (of soldiers)

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
23,195 of 84,292