精雕細刻 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 精雕细刻 jīngdiāoxìkè ㄐㄧㄥ ㄉㄧㄠ ㄒㄧˋ ㄎㄜˋ fine sculpting (idiom) lit. to work (at sth) with extreme care and precision fig. Character by character 精(jīng)essence 雕(diāo)carve 細(xì)thin or slender 刻(kè)quarter A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0