一锤子买卖

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

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

hammer / to hammer into shape / weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance) / to strike with a hammer

variant of 錘|锤[chui2]

hammer / CL:把[ba3]

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-

(noun suffix)

to buy / to purchase

buying and selling / business / business transactions / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]

to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt