硬指标

硬指標

yìngzhǐbiāo

noun

Meanings

1 hard target
2 rigid metric
3 inflexible performance indicator

Characters

to point; indicator

Examples

减排是今年的硬指标，不容讨价还价。

Jiǎnpái shì jīnnián de yìngzhǐbiāo, bùróng tǎojià huánjià.

Emission cuts are a hard target this year — no room for bargaining.

GDP增速不再是唯一的硬指标。

GDP zēngsù bùzài shì wéiyī de yìngzhǐbiāo.

GDP growth is no longer the only hard metric.

Tips

usage

Policy and management jargon. 硬 here means 'rigid / non-negotiable.' Contrast 软指标 (soft target — aspirational, not binding). Common in five-year-plan and KPI contexts.

Stroke Order

硬 yìng

指 zhǐ

标 biāo