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一刀切

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Pīnyīn
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lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity / one solution fits a diversity of problems / one size fits all

Character decomposition:

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
一
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *一* | 一* | *一
1画
one; a, an; alone
1000.0
M
刀
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *刀* | 刀* | *刀
2画
knife; old coin; measure
1722.0
SH
切
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 *切* | 切* | *切
4画
cut, mince, slice, carve
4772.0
PSH

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
一刀切
lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity / one solution fits a diversity of problems / one size fits all
一
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *一* | 一* | *一
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
 刀
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
surname Dao
 刀
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 "I could kill him!")
  切
  qiē​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *切* | 切* | *切
to cut; to slice; to carve / (math.) tangential
  切
  qiè​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *切* | 切* | *切
definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters)