一锤子买卖

Traditional form:

一錘子買賣

Pinyin (reading):

yīchuízimǎimài

Definitions:

• a one-off, short-sighted deal
• a one-shot, all-out attempt

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 锤 - hammer
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 买 - to buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade
• 卖 - to sell; to betray; to show off

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 錘 - hammer
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 買 - to buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade
• 賣 - to sell; to betray; to show off