斩钉截铁
Meaning
zhǎndīngjiétiě zhan3 ding1 jie2 tie3
- lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
- fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
Words sharing a character
- 斩草除根 zhǎncǎochúgēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
- 钉子 dīngzi nail
- 螺丝钉 luósīdīng screw
- 碰钉子 pèngdīngzi to meet with a rebuff
- 截止 jiézhǐ to close
- 截然不同 jiéránbùtóng entirely different
- 截至 jiézhì up to (a time)
- 地铁 dìtiě underground railway; subway
- 铁路 tiělù railroad
- 钢铁 gāngtiě steel