有条不紊 (yǒu tiáo bù wěn)

Character breakdown

• 有 (yǒu) · 6 strokes

  Depicts a hand (又) holding meat (肉). In Oracle script this character was written the same as the phonetically similar 又, but later the 肉 component was added to distinguish them.

• 条 (tiáo) · 7 strokes

  Simplified form of 條. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 攸 represents the sound.

• 不 (bù) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

• 紊 (wěn) · 10 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 糸 represents the meaning and 文 represents the sound.

Usage

他把工作安排得有条不紊。

regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged

tā bǎ gōng zuò ān pái dé yǒu tiáo bù wěn 。