确凿

確鑿

quèzáo

adjective HSK 7 #7,850

Meanings

Literally 'certainly chiseled' — as solid and undeniable as stone carving

Jǐngfāng yǐjīng zhǎngwò le quèzáo de zhèngjù.

The police have already obtained conclusive evidence.

Méiyǒu quèzáo de zhèngjù, bù néng suíbiàn zhǐkòng biérén.

You can't accuse someone without irrefutable evidence.

usage

确凿 almost always collocates with 证据 (evidence). The phrase 确凿的证据 (irrefutable evidence) is extremely common in legal and news contexts.

memory

凿 means 'to chisel into stone' — think of evidence so solid it's carved in rock.

确 què

凿 záo