If you have a definite purpose in mind, get to the point promptly.

如果你心里有明确意图, 就出来。

It was a crisp answer.

这回答利落。

Up and down the country - Why not throughout the nation? Used when a politician needs to appear statesmanlike and non-partisan.

举国上下—-为什么不全国呢？政治家想要显得特别重要、特别有风度时候酷爱此词。

Brief, solid, affirmative as a hammer blow, this is the virile word, which must enflame lips and save the honor of our people, in these unfortunate days of anachronistic imperialism.

强有力回答“不”像锤击声那样短暂、有力、，这就是在帝国主义横行不幸日子里该从我们口中愤怒地喷发而出，用以挽救我们民族尊严词。