乾脆利落

(of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around

old variant of 乾[qian2]

surname Qian

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)

variant of 乾[qian2]

dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder

candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well

old variant of 脆[cui4]

brittle / fragile / crisp / crunchy / clear and loud voice / neat

sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit

agile / nimble / all settled / in order

to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind

colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds

to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement