斩钉截铁 (zhǎn dīng jié tiě)

Character breakdown

• 斩 (zhǎn) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the sound and 斤 represents the meaning. Simplified from 斬.

• 钉 (dīng) · 7 strokes

  Simplified form of 釘. Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

• 截 (jié) · 14 strokes

  A bird 隹 cut off from its nest 十 by a weapon 戈

• 铁 (Tiě) · 10 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 失 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鐵.

Usage

他斩钉截铁地拒绝了那个提议。

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

tā zhǎn dīng jié tiě dì jù jué le nà ge tí yì 。