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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ dou¹ cit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīdāoqiē [Phonetic: yìdāoqiē]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄠ ㄑㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yidaocie
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tao¹-chʻieh¹
    • Yale: yī-dāu-chyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: idauchie
    • Palladius: идаоце (idaoce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ dou¹ cit³
    • Yale: yāt dōu chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dou¹ tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ dou¹ qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/

Verb

一刀切

1. (idiomatic, figurative) to impose uniformity; to deal with it the same way despite the differences in circumstances; to do things in a one-size-fits-all approach