一举一动
yī jǔ yī dòng
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Traditional: 一舉一動
Everything a person does, down to the smallest gesture. Typically used when someone's behaviour is being watched closely or is copied by others.
Mọi cử chỉ, hành động của một người, dù là nhỏ nhất. Thường dùng khi ai đó bị theo dõi sát sao, hoặc khi hành vi của họ được người khác noi theo.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): etymology of “nhất cử nhất động” = 一舉一動 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “nhất cử nhất động” (nhat-cu-nhat-dong). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
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Common questions
What does “一举一动” mean?
Everything a person does, down to the smallest gesture. Typically used when someone's behaviour is being watched closely or is copied by others. Literally: one gesture, one movement
Is “一举一动” formal or informal?
一举一动 is generally neutral.