不折不扣 bùzhé-búkòu a hundred percent
a hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out
How to remember 不折不扣: 不 not + 折 break + 扣 to detain = a hundred percent.
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How it is used
- Idiom 'a hundred percent, out-and-out, to the letter' - literally 'no discount, no deduction' - 一个不折不扣的骗子 (yí ge bùzhé-búkòu de piànzi) an out-and-out fraud.
- Also adverbial - 不折不扣地执行 (bùzhé-búkòu de zhíxíng) carry out completely, to the letter.