一刀切
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Chinese
[edit]one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
knife | close to; to cut; to slice | ||
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| simp. and trad. (一刀切) |
一 | 刀 | 切 | |
| Literally: “to cut all at one stroke”. | ||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄠ ㄑㄧㄝ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yidaocie
- Wade–Giles: i1-tao1-chʻieh1
- Yale: yī-dāu-chyē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: idauchie
- Palladius: идаоце (idaoce)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat1 dou1 cit3
- Yale: yāt dōu chit
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 dou1 tsit8
- Guangdong Romanization: yed1 dou1 qid3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]一刀切
- (idiomatic, figurative) to impose uniformity; to deal with it the same way despite the differences in circumstances; to do things in a one-size-fits-all approach