WordTaiwan frequency #21,409
斬釘截鐵
ㄓㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
“resolute and decisive in speech or action; without hesitation”
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斬
ㄓㄢˇ
To chop or cut; to sever a connection; to behead as capital punishment.
釘
ㄉㄧㄥ
A metal spike used to fasten things; to fasten with a spike; to stare intently; to supervise or urge someone.
截
ㄐㄧㄝˊ
to cut off; to intercept; to stop; a section or chunk; classifier for sections or segments.
鐵
ㄊㄧㄝˇ
Iron, the metal (Fe); weapons; surname; hard; strong; determined; unshakeable.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 鐵路ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋrailway; railroad; a track with rails for trains or trams to run on.
- 高鐵ㄍㄠ ㄊㄧㄝˇhigh-speed rail; high-speed railway; high-speed train (mainland China high-speed rail network).
- 台鐵ㄊㄞˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇTaiwan Railway; the state-owned conventional railway system in Taiwan
- 截至ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄓˋup to a certain time; by a specified deadline; as of a given date.
- 鐵道ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄠˋrailway line; rail track; a road with rails for trains or trams to travel on.
- 鋼鐵ㄍㄤ ㄊㄧㄝˇsteel; steel and iron collectively; figuratively, extremely strong or tough
- 截止ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄓˇto end; to close; to stop by a deadline; (electricity) cut-off
- 地鐵ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇunderground railway; subway; metro; rapid transit system running beneath city streets