that clinches it; that's final; no two ways about it
trad. 板上釘釘
Also written 板上釘釘【bǎn shàng dìng dīng】
Characters in this word
3板
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board, plank, plate, shutter, table tennis bat, clappers (music), CL:塊|块[kuai4], accented beat in Chinese music, hard, stiff, to stop smiling or look serious
- Pinyin
- bǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 7125 of 2500
上
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used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 61 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