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独尊

dú zūn

2-character word Traditional 獨尊

What 独尊 means

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

The characters in 独尊

• 独dúalone; independent; single
• 尊zūnsenior; of a senior generation; to honor

Example sentences

• 天上天下，唯我独尊。
  Throughout Heaven and Earth, I alone am the honored one.

Words starting with 独尊

• 独尊儒术dú zūn rú shùdismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)

Words containing 独尊

• 罢黜百家，独尊儒术bà chù bǎi jiā , dú zūn rú shùDismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom); sole dominant ideology