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纹丝不动

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4-character word Traditional 紋絲不動

What 纹丝不动 means

1. to not move a single jot (idiom)

The characters in 纹丝不动

• 纹wénline; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
• 丝sīsilk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 他用尽全力地拉，但那块大石还是纹丝不动。
  Tāyòng jìn quánlì de lā, dàn nà kuài dà shí háishi wénsībùdòng.
  He pulled with all his strength, but the rock would not move.