斩钉截铁 (斬釘截鐵)
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Pinyin
Definition
斩钉截铁 (斬釘截鐵)
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- lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
- fig. resolute and decisive
- unhesitating
- categorical
Character Decomposition
Idioms (3)
截长补短
- 1 take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
- 2 to offset each other's deficiencies
- 3 to complement each other
斩钉截铁
- 1 lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
- 2 fig. resolute and decisive
- 3 unhesitating
- 4 categorical
直截了当
- 1 direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt
- 2 straightforward