滴水不漏

Chinese

		a drop; to drip	water; river	not; no	funnel; to leak; to let out funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge
simp. and trad. (滴水不漏)		滴	水	不	漏
Literally: “not one drop of water leaks”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dīshuǐbùlòu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dik⁶ seoi² bat¹ lau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dīshuǐbùlòu [Phonetic: dīshuǐbúlòu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dishoeibulow
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dishuěibùlòu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dik⁶ seoi² bat¹ lau⁶
  - Yale: dihk séui bāt lauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁹ soey² bat⁷ lau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dig⁶ sêu² bed¹ leo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²²/

Idiom

滴水不漏

thoughtful and completely rigorous

Synonyms

點水不漏／点水不漏

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