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Say I draw a red image with below code, generate input.pdf:

documentclass{standalone}

usepackage{tikz}

begin{document}

begin{tikzpicture}[x=1pt,y=1pt,line width = 1pt,red]

    draw (0,0) rectangle (50,50);

    draw (25,25) circle (25);

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

Then include input.pdf and draw the same thing on this image (draw with black):

documentclass{standalone}

usepackage{tikz}

begin{document}

begin{tikzpicture}[x=1pt,y=1pt,line width = 1pt]

    node[anchor=south west,inner sep=0,outer sep=0] at (0,0) {includegraphics{input.pdf}};

    draw (0,0) rectangle (50,50);

    draw (25,25) circle (25);

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

But the black line not over red line perfectly,see below zoomed parts:

What's wrong with my draw on image code?

OK, I just tried what I thought should work, and surprisingly it does. That is.

documentclass{standalone}

usepackage{tikz}

begin{document}

begin{tikzpicture}[x=1pt,y=1pt,line width = 1pt]

    node[anchor=south west,inner sep=0,outer sep=0] at (-pgflinewidth/2,-pgflinewidth/2) {includegraphics{input.pdf}};

    draw (0,0) rectangle (50,50);

    draw (25,25) circle (25);

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

produces

as expected. Why? You put the node with anchor south west, and, as pointed out

by David Purton, your image is wider (and taller) by the line width (since it is wider and taller by half the line width in each direction). And why is this? You draw a path through the specified coordinates, and the line width gets added to this. I know that the explanation is very clumsy, it would be much easier in marmot language, but I am not sure how to type this, so as a compromise I add a figure. ;-)

An alternative to @marmot's solution is to put the image at (25,25) to line up with your circle and anchor it at it's centre:

documentclass{standalone}

usepackage{tikz}

begin{document}

begin{tikzpicture}[x=1pt,y=1pt,line width = 1pt]

    node[inner sep=0,outer sep=0] at (25,25) {includegraphics{input.pdf}};

    draw (0,0) rectangle (50,50);

    draw (25,25) circle (25);

end{tikzpicture}

end{document}