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一槌定音

yī chuí dìng yīn

4-character word

What 一槌定音 means

1. variant of {一锤定音|yī chuí dìng yīn}

The characters in 一槌定音

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 槌chuímallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)
• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…
• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)

Sounds the same

Read yī chuí dìng yīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 一锤定音lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow; fig. to make the final decision