洞中肯綮
dòng​zhòng​kěn​qìng

to hit the nail on the head

  • created sense approved 洞中肯綮 · dòng​zhòng​kěn​qìng · to hit the nail on the head — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    洞中肯綮

    dòng​zhòng​kěn​qìng

    to hit the nail on the head

    To be highly observant and hit the crux of a matter in speech or writing; to be right on the mark.

    dòng​zhòng​kěn​qǐng

    洞 (literal) → 洞 · dòng · thoroughly 中 (literal) → 中 · zhòng · to hit 肯綮 (literal) → 肯綮 · kěn​qìng · crux

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense