定 于 一 尊

dìng yú yī zūndictionary entry

(idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct / to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority

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Original source entry:

定於一尊 定于一尊 [ding4 yu2 yi1 zun1] /(idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct/to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority/

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Other forms in these source records: 定於一尊

定
dìng
to fix / to set / to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to book (tickets etc) / to order (goods etc) / to congeal / to coagulate / (literary) definitely
于
yú
to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / (of time or place) in / at / on / (indicating any indirect relation) to / toward / vis-à-vis / with regard to / for / (indicating a source) from / out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
Yú
surname Yu
一
yī
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
尊
zūn
senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel

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