| 独断专行 |
dú duàn zhuān xíng |
to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself |
| 独 |
dú |
alone / independent / single / sole / only |
| 独断 |
dú duàn |
to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial |
| 断 |
duàn |
to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly |
| 专 |
zhuān |
for a particular person, occasion, purpose / focused on one thing / special / expert / particular (to sth) / concentrated / specialized |
| 专 |
zhuān |
variant of 专 |
| 行 |
háng |
(bound form) row; line / (bound form) line of business; trade; profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row; (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines |
| 行 |
héng |
used in 道行 |
| 行 |
xíng |
(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel / (literary) trip; journey; visit / (bound form) temporary; makeshift / (bound form) current; in circulation / (bound form) to do; to perform / capable; competent / all right; OK!; will do / behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]) / (literary) about to; soon |