底定

dǐdìng

verb

Meanings

1 to quell (an insurgency)
2 to settle (a matter, esp. Taiwan usage)
3 to finalize / be decided

Characters

to settle / bottom

to fix / decide

Examples

大局已经底定，无法挽回。

Dàjú yǐjīng dǐdìng, wúfǎ wǎnhuí.

The overall situation is already settled and cannot be reversed.

选举结果还没有底定。

Xuǎnjǔ jiéguǒ hái méiyǒu dǐdìng.

The election results are not yet finalized.

Tips

register

底定 is literary/formal. Two main flavors: (1) classical sense 'to pacify, to quell' (天下底定, tiānxià dǐdìng, 'the realm is pacified'), and (2) Taiwanese Mandarin sense 'to be settled / finalized,' very common in Taiwan news for elections, deals, situations. Mainland speakers more often use 尘埃落定 (chén'āi luòdìng) for the same idea.

Stroke Order

底 dǐ

定 dìng