定於一尊

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Chinese[edit]

 
to set; to fix; to determine
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
 
in; at; to
in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname
 
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
to honour
trad. (定於一尊)
simp. (定于一尊)

Etymology[edit]

From Shiji:

皇帝天下黑白 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
皇帝天下黑白 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
Jīn huángdì bìng yǒu tiānxià, bié hēibái ér dìng zūn. [Pinyin]
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Pronunciation[edit]


Idiom[edit]

定於一尊

  1. to regard the supreme authority as the only standard