干净利落

乾淨利落
gānjìng-lìluo
idiom #14,774

Meanings

  1. 1 neat and tidy
  2. 2 clean and efficient
  3. 3 decisive and thorough

Examples

Tā zuòshì gānjìnglìluo, cóngbù tuōnídàishuǐ.
He does things cleanly and efficiently, never dragging things out.
Tā bǎ fángjiān dǎsǎo de gānjìnglìluo.
She cleaned the room spotlessly.

Tips

usage
Can describe both physical cleanliness (a tidy room) and the way someone handles tasks (efficient, no loose ends). Often used to praise someone's decisive working style.
grammar
Often used as a complement after : 干净利落 (did it neatly), or as a predicate: 动作干净利落 (movements are crisp and clean).

Stroke Order

gān
jìng
luò