粵

執zap1牛ngau4耳ji5

simp执牛耳
zap1 ngau4 ji5zhí niú ěr

English

  1. to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony)

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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