一刀切

一刀切

Chinese

		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
simp. and trad. (一刀切)		一	刀	切
Literally: “to cut all at one stroke”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīdāoqiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄉㄠ ㄑㄧㄝ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīdāoqiē [Phonetic: yìdāoqiē]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄠ ㄑㄧㄝ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: idauchie
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

Verb

一刀切

1. (idiomatic) to impose uniformity; to deal with it the same way despite the differences in circumstances