粵

自zi6作zok3主zyu2張zoeng1

simp自作主张
zi6 zok3 zyu2 zoeng1zì zuò zhǔ zhāng

English

  1. (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself
  2. to make one's own decision

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔問其他人嘅意見或感受,自己做咗先或者講咗先,擅自做決定。通常帶有貶義。

Examples

  • 佢又係度自作主張,搞到全世界都唔想理佢。

    He made his own decisions again, which made the whole world ignore him.

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

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