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一板一眼

yī bǎn yī yǎn

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2. scrupulous attention to detail