one word says it all (idiom); to hit the nail on the head; to be pithy and correct
trad. 一語道破
Also written 一語道破【yī yǔ dào pò】
Characters in this word
4一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
语
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dialect, language, speech
- Pinyin
- yǔ
- Traditional
- 語
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8417 of 2500
道
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road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]), (bound form) way; reason; principle, (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization, (Daoism) the Way; the Dao, to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel), (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words), classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process, (old) circuit (administrative division)
- Pinyin
- dào
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 1253 of 2500
破
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broken, damaged, worn out, lousy, rotten, to break, split or cleave, to get rid of, to destroy, to break with, to defeat, to capture (a city etc), to expose the truth of
- Pinyin
- pò
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2217 of 2500