nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth)
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to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on
nail / snag / saboteur
a thorn in one's side
that clinches it / that's final / no two ways about it
thumbtack
screw
screw
rivet
householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers
nail gun / staple gun
to nail securely / to execute by means of impalement / to crucify
to clinch (a nail) / to nail down
rake
Oncomelania
rake
nail hammer / claw hammer
head of nail
The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[])
hexagon socket head cap screw
tack / thumbtack / push pin
nail gun / stud gun
cramp
claw hammer
thumbtack
to make doubly sure (idiom)
see 斬釘截鐵|斩钉截铁[]
(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / (fig.) resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical
peg
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[]
a thorn in one's side
to meet with a rebuff
button magnet (to use on whiteboards, refrigerator doors etc)
stud earring
tongue ring / tongue piercing
corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc) / brad
staple (stationery)
staple remover
claw hammer
lit. a soft nail / fig. a tactful retort or rejection
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27