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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 一锤子买卖

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一锤子买卖 yī chuí zi mǎi mài - a one-off, short-sighted deal
- a one-shot, all-out attempt

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 89,032 85,900

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
chuí- hammer
- to hammer into shape
- weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
- to strike with a hammer
chuí- variant of 錘|锤[chui2]
- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
zi- (noun suffix)
mǎi- to buy
- to purchase
mài- to sell
- to betray
- to spare no effort
- to show off or flaunt

Other Words Containing 一锤子买卖

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo