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独断专行

dú duàn zhuān xíng

4-character word Traditional 獨斷專行

What 独断专行 means

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

The characters in 独断专行

• 独dúalone; independent; single
• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off
• 专zhuānfor a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…

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