粵

由jau4上soeng6而ji4下haa6

jau4 soeng6 ji4 haa6yóu shàng ér xià

English

  1. from head to toe; from top to bottom; top-down
  2. Top-down approach

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 以一級級嘅方式,由最高層到最底層嘅方法去處理一件事

Examples

  • 喺社會學上,都市政治經濟學派傾向用由上而下嘅方式去分析城市現象。

    In Sociology, the Urban Political Economy approach tends to use a top-down approach to analyze urban phenomena.

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

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