一言堂 [---]
Jyutping
jat1 jin4 tong2
Pinyin
yī yán táng
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名詞
一個人話曬事、唔聽人講嘅地方
a place where only one person has the say
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我哋呢度唔係一言堂,個個都可以發表意見。
我哋呢度唔系一言堂,个个都可以发表意见。
ngo5 dei6 ni1 dou6 m4 hai6 jat1 jin4 tong2, go3 go3 dou1 ho2 ji5 faat3 biu2 ji3 gin3.
Nobody dictates here. Every one of us has a say.
一言堂 [---]
Jyutping
jat1 jin4 tong4
Pinyin
yī yán táng
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(sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old)
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having things decided by the will of a single individual
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autocratic rule
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(contrasted with 群言堂[qun2 yan2 tang2])
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it is used to describe a person not listening to others, and who is undemocratic, a dictator
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名詞
一個人話曬事、唔聽人講嘅地方
a place where only one person has the say
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我哋呢度唔係一言堂,個個都可以發表意見。
我哋呢度唔系一言堂,个个都可以发表意见。
ngo5 dei6 ni1 dou6 m4 hai6 jat1 jin4 tong2, go3 go3 dou1 ho2 ji5 faat3 biu2 ji3 gin3.
Nobody dictates here. Every one of us has a say.
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phrase, idiomatic
authoritarian decision making (in which one person decides the matter arbitrarily)
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phrase, archaic, idiomatic
no bargaining; fixed price
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Cantonese
我哋呢度唔系一言堂,个个都可以发表意见。
我哋呢度唔係一言堂,個個都可以發表意見。
ngo5 dei6 ni1 dou6 m4 hai6 jat1 jin4 tong2, go3 go3 dou1 ho2 ji5 faat3 biu2 ji3 gin3.
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Nobody dictates here. Every one of us has a say.