一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一针见血
yìzhēnjiànxiě
to hit the nail on the head; incisive
Characters in this word
针 zhēn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 十 ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
见 jiàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 冂 frame 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
血 xuè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 血 — blood
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他的批评一针见血，指出了报告中的错误。 Tā de pīpíng yìzhēnjiànxiě, zhǐchū le bàogào zhōng de cuòwù. His criticism hit the nail on the head by pointing out the errors in the report.
- 老师的点评一针见血，同学们都很佩服。 Lǎoshī de diǎnpíng yìzhēnjiànxiě, tóngxuémen dōu hěn pèifú. The teacher's remarks hit the nail on the head, and all the students admired them.
- 讨论问题时，她总能一针见血地指出关键。 Tǎolùn wèntí shí, tā zǒng néng yìzhēnjiànxiě de zhǐchū guānjiàn. When discussing problems, she always gets straight to the key point.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyíhuìr in a short while