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独霸一方

dú bà yī fāngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to exercise sole hegemony (idiom) / to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc) / to hold as one's personal fiefdom
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-132b8643e348990a. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

獨霸一方 独霸一方 [du2 ba4 yi1 fang1] /to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)/to hold as one's personal fiefdom/

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Other forms in these source records: 獨霸一方

  • 独
    dú

    alone / independent / single / sole / only

  • 霸
    bà

    hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master

  • 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

  • 方
    fāng

    square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter

    Fāng

    surname Fang

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.