粵

一jat1言jin4堂tong4

jat1 jin4 tong4jat1 jin4 tong2yī yán táng

English

  1. (sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old)
  2. it is used to describe a person not listening to others, and who is undemocratic, a dictator
  3. having things decided by the will of a single individual
  4. autocratic rule
  5. (contrasted with 群言堂[qun2 yan2 tang2])
  6. a place where only one person has the say

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一個人話曬事、唔聽人講嘅地方

Examples

  • 我哋呢度唔係一言堂,個個都可以發表意見。

    Nobody dictates here. Every one of us has a say.

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

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