算死账

Traditional (Taiwan): 算死賬

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suànsǐzhàng ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄙˇ ㄓㄤˋ

- to handle matters rigidly by the book
- to be inflexible

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Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now

Literally: to calculate a dead account
Meaning: To handle matters rigidly by the book, without flexibility. Critical.

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