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Trad. 錘
- hammer
- to hammer into shape
- weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
- to strike with a hammer
Trad. 銅錘
- mace (weapon)
- (Chinese opera) "tongchui" (painted face role) (abbr. for 銅錘花臉|铜锤花脸[tong2 chui2 hua1 lian3])
Trad. 流星錘
- meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain)
Trad. 錘骨柄
- manubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles 聽小骨|听小骨 to tympanum 鼓膜
Trad. 銅錘花臉
- (Chinese opera) tongchui hualian, a military character holding a bronze mace, classified as a jing 淨|净[jing4] role
Trad. 一錘定音
- lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow
- fig. to make the final decision
Trad. 求錘得錘
- (neologism c. 2017) (slang) to demand proof of what one believes to be an unfounded accusation only to have irrefutable evidence duly supplied
Trad. 千錘百鍊
- after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom)
- the vicissitudes of life
Trad. 一錘子買賣
- a one-off, short-sighted deal
- a one-shot, all-out attempt