一針見血
simp一针见血jat1 zam1 gin3 hyut3yī zhēn jiàn xiě
English
- lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
- fig. to hit the nail on the head
- to reveal the truth with one pertinent remark; literally: to pierce with a needle and see blood
粵語 — Cantonese
- 簡單直接咁指出重點
Examples
一針見血嘅開頭:一般認為學術文嘅開頭最好要一針見血。
Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY
佢一針見血咁指出呢個理論嘅缺陷。
In one stroke, he pointed out a flaw in the theory.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk