一言堂
jat1 jin4 tong4jat1 jin4 tong2yī yán táng
English
- (sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old)
- it is used to describe a person not listening to others, and who is undemocratic, a dictator
- having things decided by the will of a single individual
- autocratic rule
- (contrasted with 群言堂[qun2 yan2 tang2])
- a place where only one person has the say
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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