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一锤定音

yī chuí dìng yīn

4-character word Traditional 一錘定音

What 一锤定音 means

1. lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow
2. fig. to make the final decision

The characters in 一锤定音

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 锤chuíhammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 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.

• 一槌定音variant of 一锤定音