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斩钉截铁

zhǎndīng-jiétiě

Traditional: 斬釘截鐵

(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)

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Meaning of 斩钉截铁 in English

zhǎndīng-jiétiěHSK 7–9Syllabus #10551
  1. (lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
  2. (fig.) resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical

Example sentences

  1. 我斩钉截铁地拒绝了。
    wǒ zhǎn dīng jié tiě dì jù jué le。
    I flatly refused.
    Tatoeba #414045 by fucongcong · #7554662 by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

斩 on its own →
zhǎn · to behead (as form of capital punishment

HSK words with 斩

斩HSK 7–9
钉 on its own →
dìng · to join things together by fixing them i

HSK words with 钉

钉HSK 7–9钉子HSK 7–9碰钉子HSK 7–9
截 on its own →
jié · to cut off (a length)

HSK words with 截

截至HSK 6截止HSK 6截HSK 7–9截然不同HSK 7–9
铁 on its own →
tiě · iron (metal)

HSK words with 铁

地铁HSK 2高铁HSK 3铁路HSK 5铁HSK 7–9磁铁HSK 7–9钢铁HSK 7–9

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