大刀闊斧

See also: 大刀阔斧

Chinese

		large broadsword	rich; wide; broad	hatchet
trad. (大刀闊斧)		大刀	闊	斧
simp. (大刀阔斧)		大刀	阔	斧
Literally: “(The sounds of) broad swords, and wide axes (as when an army sweeps through in battle)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdāokuòfǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dou¹ fut³ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdāokuòfǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdaokuòfǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tao¹-kʻuo⁴-fu³
    • Yale: dà-dāu-kwò-fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdaukuohfuu
    • Palladius: дадаокофу (dadaokofu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ dou¹ fut³ fu²
    • Yale: daaih dōu fut fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dou¹ fut⁸ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dou¹ fud³ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tou̯⁵⁵ fuːt̚³ fuː³⁵/

Idiom

大刀闊斧

1. to handle something with daring and resolve; to be bold and decisive when handling an issue; drastic

   • 南京市將大刀闊斧地對延續幾十年的行政審批制度進行全面改革。 [MSC, trad.]
     南京市将大刀阔斧地对延续几十年的行政审批制度进行全面改革。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2001: yangtse.com staff, 南京市大刀阔斧“放权” (Nanjing to implements broad "empowering" measures)

     Nánjīng shì jiāng dàdāokuòfǔ dì duì yánxù jǐ shí nián de xíngzhèng shěnpī zhìdù jìnxíng quánmiàn gǎigé. [Pinyin]

     The city of Nanjing will carry out drastic and comprehensive reforms to its administrative vetting and approval system; a system which has lasted for several decades.

See also

• 大馬金刀／大马金刀