independent / independence / to stand alone

unique / distinct / having special characteristics

alone / by oneself / on one's own

lonely / solitary

only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique

blessed by heaven (idiom) / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature

dictatorship

alone / independent / single / sole / only

exclusive

to live alone / to spend time alone (or with a significant other)

Taiwan independence / (of Taiwan) to declare independence

alone

wholly-owned (often by foreign company) / exclusive investment

unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled / nothing compares with it

to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section

unmarried / single

dictator / autocrat

to own exclusively / unique to / specific / there is only

lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding

to come up with (an innovation) / innovation

to monopolize

solitary

original

lit. walking alone / prominent / unrivalled / outstanding

to live alone / to live a solitary existence

unicorn

to drink alone

dugout / canoe / kayak

solo

original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity

to monopolize / to control / to dominate

(of a married woman) to stay home alone

to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself

Dushan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou

Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) / abbr. for 獨立國家聯合體｜独立国家联合体

only / unique

stage monologue / soliloquy

wheelbarrow / unicycle

Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921

to have a special fondness (for sth)

independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs

war of independence

to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial

not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case

Hong Kong independence

all by oneself / without exterior help

(in singing) solo / to solo

to fight alone (idiom)

to dominate (a market etc) / to monopolize

to surpass / to stand above the crowd

only son

to be unconventional / independence of action

to have a unique style of one's own (idiom)

alone

lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless / fig. people with no one left to rely on

an only daughter

not only

solo dance

coming and going alone (idiom); a lone operator / keeping to oneself / unsociable / maverick

to display originality (idiom); to do things differently

not only / not merely

to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field

single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path

to hog / to keep everything for oneself

only son

original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity

only (child) / to be the sole survivor

monodrama / one-man show / comic talk

only child / sole scion

to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself

autonomous body / independent system

Declaration of Independence

to walk alone (idiom)

innovative / ingenious / originality / ingenuity

an only child

golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg

to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc) / to hold as one's personal fiefdom

solo part (in opera) / soliloquy

Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸 novels

to dominate over all others / to wield all the power / to reign supreme

one family courtyard

tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator

to preserve a proper behavior in private life

to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant

alone

solitaire (puzzle)

variant of 獨角戲｜独角戏

sole ruler / dictator

Dushan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou

Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹島｜竹岛), disputed islands in Sea of Japan

narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

to have unique (talent, insight etc)

Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流｜三江并流, wildlife protection unit

one-eyed person

Dushanzi District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市｜克拉玛依市, Xinjiang

(of a building) detached

a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own

single-component character

only / solely / this one alone

unification and independence