雷打不動
简 雷打不动 · 繁 雷打不動Meanings
- not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable
- to adhere rigidly to regulations
- will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan)
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2–3–4–4 · lei2 da3 bu4 dong4
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leoi4 daa2 bat1 dung6
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- (idiomatic) one's mind is made up, and cannot be changed
- (idiomatic) to rigidly adhere to an established arrangement, without any changes
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