斩钉截铁

zhǎndīng-jiétiě

resolute and decisive; categorical

HSK 3.0 word list · Band 7trad. 斬釘截鐵
Dictionary entry

(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); (fig.) resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical

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斩
钉
截
铁

See it in sentences

他斩钉截铁地拒绝了。

Tā zhǎndīng-jiétiě de jùjué le.

English

He refused decisively.

回答要斩钉截铁。

Huídá yào zhǎndīng-jiétiě.

English

Answer in a decisive tone.

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