斩钉截铁

zhǎndīng-jiétiě
to chop the nail and slice the iron, resolute and decisive
HSK 79
Traditional斬釘截鐵

Additional Dictionary Meanings

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

Characters (4)

斩to behead, to chopHSK 79钉nail, to follow closelyHSK 79截to cut off, to stopHSK 6铁surname TieHSK 2