一劳永逸

Traditional form:

一勞永逸

Pinyin (reading):

yīláoyǒngyì

Definitions:

• to get sth done once and for all

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 劳 - to labor, to toil; to do manual work
• 永 - long; perpetual, eternal; forever
• 逸 - to flee, to escape, to break loose

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 勞 - to labor, to toil; to do manual work
• 永 - long; perpetual, eternal; forever
• 逸 - to flee, to escape, to break loose