一锤子买卖

yī chuí zi mǎi mài

a one-off, short-sighted deal

a one-shot, all-out attempt

一

yī

one

锤

chuí

variant of 錘|锤[chui2]

子

zi

noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"

买

mǎi

to buy

卖

mài

to sell