一语道破 — Chinese idiom
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
Traditional: 一語道破
Meaning
- one word says it all
- to hit the nail on the head
- to be pithy and correct
Character by character
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 语yǔwords, language; saying, expression
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 破pòto break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一干二净 yī gān èr jìng
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一元复始 yī yuán fù shǐ
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
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