a one-off, short-sighted deal; a one-shot, all-out attempt
trad. 一錘子買賣
Also written 一錘子買賣【yī chuí zi mǎi mài】
Characters in this word
5一
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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
锤
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hammer, to hammer into shape, weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance), to strike with a hammer
- Pinyin
- chuí
- Traditional
- 錘
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 27636 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500
买
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to buy, to purchase
- Pinyin
- mǎi
- Traditional
- 買
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 356 of 2500
卖
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to sell, to betray, to spare no effort, to show off or flaunt
- Pinyin
- mài
- Traditional
- 賣
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 805 of 2500