斩钉截铁 — Chinese idiom
斩钉截铁
zhǎn dīng jié tiě
Traditional: 斬釘截鐵
Meaning
- (lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron
- (fig.) resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
Character by character
- 斩zhǎnto chop, to cut, to sever; to behead
- 钉dīngnail, spike
- 截jiéto cut off, to obstruct, to stop; segment; interse
- 铁tiěiron; strong, solid, firm
Idioms sharing a character
- 先斩后奏 xiān zhǎn hòu zòu
- 披荆斩棘 pī jīng zhǎn jí
- 斩草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn
- 过关斩将 guò guān zhǎn jiàng
- 敲钉钻脚 qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
- 截长补短 jié cháng bǔ duǎn
- 直截了当 zhí jié liǎo dàng
- 手无寸铁 shǒu wú cùn tiě
- 砸锅卖铁 zá guō mài tiě
- 磨穿铁砚 mó chuān tiě yàn
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