Definify.com
Definition 2024
一蹴而就
一蹴而就
Chinese
- {| style="clear: right;margin: 1em;border-collapse: collapse;text-align: center"
|- !
!
one; 1; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
!
carefully; kick; tread on; stamp
!
and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
!
at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake
|-
!simp. and trad.
(一蹴而就)
| 一
| 蹴
| 而
| 就
|}
Idiom
一蹴而就
- to reach the goal in one step; happen all at once
- 2004: anon, 外汇管理局表示：人民币汇率改革不会一蹴而就 (Foreign Exchange Bureau announces: the RMB exchange rate reforms will not happen all at once)