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丝毫

sīháo

in the least; slightest amount

A tiny hair lies on one pan of a perfectly level balance scale
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Characters in this word

丝 sī

Strokes
5
Radical
一 — one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

毫 háo

Strokes
11
Radical
毛 — hair, fur, feathers
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 毫

Example phrases

  • 面对质疑,他丝毫没有回避责任,反而主动公开了全部数据。 Miànduì zhìyí, tā sīháo méiyǒu huíbì zérèn, fǎn'ér zhǔdòng gōngkāi le quánbù shùjù. Faced with doubts, he did not avoid responsibility in the slightest; instead, he voluntarily released all the data.
  • 无论别人怎么劝,他的决心丝毫没有动摇。 Wúlùn biérén zěnme quàn, tā de juéxīn sīháo méiyǒu dòngyáo. No matter how others tried to persuade him, his determination did not waver in the least.
  • 价格提高了,可是产品的质量丝毫没有下降。 Jiàgé tígāo le, kěshì chǎnpǐn de zhìliàng sīháo méiyǒu xiàjiàng. The price went up, but the product's quality did not drop even slightly.

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