一刀切

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	knife	close to; to cut; to slice
simp. and trad. (一刀切)		一	刀	切
Literally: “to cut all at one stroke”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīdāoqiē

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄉㄠㄑㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ dou¹ cit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīdāoqiē [Phonetic: yìdāoqiē]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄉㄠㄑㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yidaocie
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-tao¹-chʻieh¹
  - Yale: yī-dāu-chyē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: idauchie
  - Palladius: идаоце (idaoce)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ dou¹ cit³
  - Yale: yāt dōu chit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dou¹ tsit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ dou¹ qid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/

Verb

一刀切

(idiomatic, figurative) to impose uniformity; to deal with it the same way despite the differences in circumstances; to do things in a one-size-fits-all approach

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