棺材板上敲钉子，钉死了棺材板上敲釘子，釘死了棺材板上敲釘子，釘死了

hammering nails into the coffin lid: nailed shut

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Says a matter is settled and cannot be changed. Neutral, a little grim humour.
Wordplay: 钉 (dìng, nail) sounds like 定 (dìng, fixed), so "nailed shut" means "settled for good".

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Simplified: 棺材板上敲钉子，钉死了
Traditional (Taiwan): 棺材板上敲釘子，釘死了
Pinyin: guāncaibǎn shàng qiāo dīngzi, dìngsǐ le
Bopomofo: ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞㄅㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄠㄉㄧㄥ ˙ㄗ，ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄙˇ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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