(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); (fig.) resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
trad. 斬釘截鐵
Also written 斬釘截鐵【zhǎn dīng jié tiě】
Characters in this word
4斩
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to behead (as form of capital punishment), to chop
- Pinyin
- zhǎn
- Traditional
- 斬
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 11375 of 2500
钉
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nail, to follow closely, to keep at sb (to do sth), variant of 盯[ding1]
- Pinyin
- dīng
- Traditional
- 釘
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 5139 of 2500
截
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to cut off (a length), to stop, to intercept, section, chunk, length
- Pinyin
- jié
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 33024 of 2500
铁
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surname Tie
- Pinyin
- Tiě
- Traditional
- 鐵
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4600 of 2500