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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「一絲不紊」.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「一絲不紊」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Not messy at all. Describes being extremely organized.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī sī bù wěn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 si1 bat1 man6

Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.