精益求精
jīng yì qiú jīng
to keep improving what is already good
Character by character
精jīng
fine
fine
益yì
still more
still more
求qiú
seek
seek
精jīng
fine
fine
Example
他对产品质量精益求精。
He is forever improving the quality of the product.
Tone: positive (praise).
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