一錘子買賣

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	hammer; penis	buying and selling; business; transaction buying and selling; business; transaction; deal
trad. (一錘子買賣)		一	錘子	買賣
simp. (一锤子买卖)		一	锤子	买卖
Literally: “fly-by-night one-off business deal”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yī chuízi mǎimai

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄔㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄗㄇㄞˇ ˙ㄇㄞ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yī chuízi mǎimai [Phonetic: yì chuízi mǎimai]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄔㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄗㄇㄞˇ ˙ㄇㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yi chuéizi̊h mǎimåi
  - Wade–Giles: i¹ chʻui²-tzŭ⁵ mai³-mai⁵
  - Yale: yī chwéi-dz mǎi-mai
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i chwei.tzy mae.mai
  - Palladius: и чуйцзы маймай (i čujczy majmaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ maɪ̯²¹⁴ maɪ̯⁴/

Noun

一錘子買賣

(idiomatic, colloquial) acting recklessly; throwing all caution to the wind

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