Miànduì jìzhě de tíwèn, tā huídá de zhǎndīngjiétiě.
Faced with the reporter's questions, she answered decisively and firmly.
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From 《景德传灯录》 (Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, Song dynasty), a Chan Buddhist text: 「学佛法底人如斩钉截铁始得」 — 'one who studies the Dharma must be like someone chopping nails and slicing iron.' The metaphor of cutting through metal captured unwavering resolve.
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Visualize someone chopping through nails (钉) and iron (铁) with a single stroke — that's the kind of decisive, no-second-thoughts energy the phrase conveys.
