一锤子买卖

一
一
锤
錘
子
子
买
買
卖
賣
a one-off, short-sighted deal / a one-shot, all-out attempt

Characters and words in 一锤子买卖

一
yi̅ = y + Ø1
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
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
锤
錘
chuí = chu + ei2
hammer / to hammer into shape / weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance) / to strike with a hammer
锤 = 垂 + 钅 : Chantal Chicken (chu) wants to hammer the weeping willow (垂) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) into shape (锤). She uses a golden harpoon (钅) as chisel and a hammer (锤) to shape the willow as she wishes.
锤
鎚
chuí = chu + ei2
variant of 錘|锤[chui2]
锤 = 垂 + 钅 : Chantal Chicken (chu) wants to hammer the weeping willow (垂) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) into shape (锤). She uses a golden harpoon (钅) as chisel and a hammer (锤) to shape the willow as she wishes.
锤
錘
子
子
hammer / CL:把[ba3]
子
zǐ = z + Ø3
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[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
子 = 了 + 一 : Zorro wants to eat an egg in the space station, and he already put it in a prize cup, as he has no egg cup. He also lacks a spoon, so he uses a big flute to crush the egg open.
子
zi = z + Ø5
(noun suffix)
买
買
mǎi = m + ai3
to buy / to purchase
买 = ㇖ + 头 : Mahatma Gandhi visits the airplane. He sees a neat skull and a nice sickle, and he asks for the price, because he wants to buy them both.
买
買
卖
賣
buying and selling / business / business transactions / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
卖
賣
mài = m + ai4
to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt
卖 = 十 + ㇖ + 头 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) wants to get rid of his worldly possessions and sets up a flea market in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). He displays a cross (十), a sickle (㇖) and a skull (头) which he wants to sell (卖), so he attached price tags to all of them.

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