Quick knife to cut the mess
It means to be resolute and take resolute and effective measures to solve complicated problems quickly. It's the same as "cutting the mess quickly".
Idioms and allusions
[source]: Qian Zhongshu's "Besieged City" 3: "he just waited for the opportunity to declare to her that he didn't love her, and he hated that he was too soft hearted and didn't have the courage to cut the mess quickly."
Discrimination of words
Antonym: drag mud and water usage: as attribute and object; metaphor: grasp the key to solve the problem
Chinese PinYin : kuài dāo zhǎn luàn sī
Quick knife to cut the mess
use a corpse to resurrect a dead soul. jiè shī huán yáng
Go to the East and go to the West. dōng zhēng xī tǎo
become a monk or nun late in life. bàn lù chū jiā
the early spring came on after the end of the last month of the year. là jìn chūn huí
a great ability to rule the country. jīng guó zhī cái