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As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī nx ì R ú f à, which means to be careful and considerate. It comes from the chess manual of Tianxiang stone inkstone room.

The origin of Idioms

Wu Mei's poem "Tianxiang stone inkstone room chess manual" says: "I have heard that the chess formula is good at keeping, and my heart is as careful as hair, and my talent is as fighting."

Analysis of Idioms

Close synonym: care more than hair

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive. Eight or nine years of army life and her special status have cultivated her to be experienced, generous, discerning right from wrong, decisive and flexible. Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng Volume 1 Chapter 4