Dovetail

"Dovetail" in cmn

燕尾榫

yànwěisǔn

(type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)

嚴絲合縫 /严丝合缝

yánsīhéfèng

(of several things: to combine or fit together well)

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