一笔不苟一筆不苟

yī bǐ bù gǒu

Meaning

lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom); fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly

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Characters

一yīone; a, an; alone 笔bǐpen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke⺮毛不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一苟gǒucareless, frivolous, illicit; but, if only艹句