敬小慎微 jìng xiǎo shèn wēi

jìng xiǎo shèn wēi set phrase mindful of minor details and cautious of subtle points
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Quote: for example, in Chapter 19 立元神 Establishment of the Primal Spirit in Scroll 6 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 202; Guoyu '敬小慎微')