Reflections on Xi's metaphors on governance

4. Nail

We have already got in our hands a good blueprint. What we should do is to follow it through to the end and make it a success. In this regard, we need to have a "nail" spirit. When we use a hammer to drive in a nail, a single knock often may not be enough; we must keep knocking until it is well in place.

--Speech at the second meeting of the Second Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, Feb 28, 2013

釘釘子的精神

要真正做到一張好的藍圖一干到底，切實干出成效來。我們要有釘釘子的精神，釘釘子往往不是一錘子就能釘好的，而是要一錘一錘接著敲，直到把釘子釘實釘牢。

——2013年2月28日，在中共十八屆二中全會第二次全體會議上的講話