面面俱到 (miàn miàn jù dào)

Character breakdown

• 面 (miàn) · 9 strokes

  Depicts the outline of a face, with an eye (目) in the middle. In simplified Chinese 面 is also used to mean "noodles", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 麵.

• 面 (miàn) · 9 strokes

  Depicts the outline of a face, with an eye (目) in the middle. In simplified Chinese 面 is also used to mean "noodles", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 麵.

• 俱 (jù) · 10 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 具 represents the sound.

• 到 (dào) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 至 represents the meaning and 刂 represents the sound.

Usage

他做事总是面面俱到，很少出差错。

He always attends to everything when doing things, rarely making mistakes.

Tā zuò shì zǒng shì miàn miàn jù dào, hěn shǎo chū chā cuò.