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一言堂
Mandarin · pinyin yī yán táng
Meanings
- (sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old)
- having things decided by the will of a single individual
- autocratic rule
- (contrasted with 群言堂 qún yán táng)
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1–2–2 · yi1 yan2 tang2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jat1 jin4 tong2
Cantonese word readings for 一言堂. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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phrase
- (idiomatic) authoritarian decision making (in which one person decides the matter arbitrarily)
- (archaic) no bargaining; fixed price
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