斩钉截铁
zhǎndīngjiétiě
resolute and decisive; firm and categorical
Characters in this word
钉 dìng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 丁 nail
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
截 jié
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
铁 tiě
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 失 to lose
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 妈妈斩钉截铁地说，这件事绝对不能商量。 Māma zhǎndīng jiétiě de shuō, zhè jiàn shì juéduì bùnéng shāngliang. Mom said firmly and categorically that this matter was absolutely not open for discussion.
- 老板斩钉截铁地回绝了加薪的请求，没有一点犹豫。 Lǎobǎn zhǎndīng jiétiě de huíjué le jiāxīn de qǐngqiú, méiyǒu yīdiǎn yóuyù. The boss flatly turned down the request for a raise, without the slightest hesitation.
- 教练斩钉截铁地宣布，明天的训练照常进行。 Jiàoliàn zhǎndīng jiétiě de xuānbù, míngtiān de xùnliàn zhàocháng jìnxíng. The coach announced in a firm, definite tone that tomorrow's training would go ahead as usual.
Related words
- 斩 zhǎn to cut; to behead; to sever decisively
- 钉子 dīngzi nail
- 钉 dìng to nail; to fasten with nails
- 碰钉子 pèngdīngzi to meet with a rebuff; to hit a snag
- 截至 jiézhì as of, up to
- 截止 jiézhǐ to end, to cut off
- 截 jié to cut off; to intercept; section
- 截然不同 jiéránbùtóng entirely different
- 地铁 dìtiě subway
- 地铁站 dìtiězhàn subway station
- 铁 tiě iron
- 铁路 tiělù railway