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Trad. 獨大
- to dominate over all others
- to wield all the power
- to reign supreme
Trad. 獨尊
- to revere as sole orthodoxy
- to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc)
- to be dominant
Trad. 獨島
- Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹島|竹岛[Zhu2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan
Trad. 獨處
- to live alone
- to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
Trad. 獨顯
- (computing) discrete GPU; dedicated GPU (abbr. for 獨立顯卡|独立显卡[du2 li4 xian3 ka3])
Trad. 獨山子
- Dushanzi District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 Shi4], Xinjiang
Trad. 獨山縣
- Dushan, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Guizhou
Trad. 獨聯體
- Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union)
- abbr. for 獨立國家聯合體|独立国家联合体
Trad. 獨龍江
- Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit
Trad. 陳獨秀
- Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921
Trad. 獨夫民賊
- tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
Trad. 獨孤求敗
- Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] novels
Trad. 獨守空房
- (of a married woman) to stay home alone
Trad. 獨尊儒術
- dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)
Trad. 獨山子區
- Dushanzi District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 Shi4], Xinjiang
Trad. 獨放異彩
- to project singular splendor or radiance
- to perform brilliantly
Trad. 獨斷專行
- to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action
- a law unto oneself
Trad. 獨斷獨行
- to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action
- a law unto oneself
Trad. 獨樹一幟
- lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner
- to stand out
- to develop one's own school
- to have attitude of one's own
Trad. 獨樹一格
- to have a unique style of one's own (idiom)
Trad. 獨當一面
- to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section
Trad. 獨立自主
- independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination
- to act independently
- to maintain control over one's own affairs
Trad. 獨立門戶
- to live apart from parents (of married couple)
- to achieve independence
Trad. 獨立顯卡
- (computing) discrete GPU; dedicated GPU (abbr. to 獨顯|独显[du2 xian3])
Trad. 獨膽英雄
- bold and courageous hero (idiom)
Trad. 獨行其是
- to go one's own way (idiom); to act independently without asking others
Trad. 獨辟蹊徑
- to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality
Trad. 獨霸一方
- to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)
- to hold as one's personal fiefdom
Trad. 特立獨行
- to be unconventional
- independence of action
Trad. 失獨家庭
- a family bereaved of its only child
Trad. 雙獨夫婦
- a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child
Trad. 匠心獨運
- original and ingenious (idiom)
- to show great creativity
Trad. 情有獨鍾
- to have a special fondness (for sth)
Trad. 民賊獨夫
- tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
Trad. 一枝獨秀
- lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
- fig. to be in a league of one's own
- outstanding
Trad. 得天獨厚
- blessed by heaven (idiom)
- enjoying exceptional advantages
- favored by nature
Trad. 隻眼獨具
- see 獨具隻眼|独具只眼[du2 ju4 zhi1 yan3]
Trad. 金雞獨立
- golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture)
- standing on one leg
Trad. 無獨有偶
- not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence
- it's not the only case
Trad. 獨一無二
- (idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled
Trad. 獨來獨往
- (idiom) to be a loner; to keep to oneself
Trad. 獨具匠心
- original and ingenious (idiom)
- to show great creativity
Trad. 鰥寡孤獨
- lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless (idiom)
- fig. people with no one left to rely on
Trad. 獨具隻眼
- to see what others fail to see (idiom)
- to have exceptional insight
Trad. 獨出一時
- incomparable
- head and shoulders above the competition
Trad. 獨出心裁
- to display originality (idiom); to do things differently
Trad. 獨占鰲頭
- (idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand); to be the champion; to be the very best in any field
Trad. 獨善其身
- (idiom) (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude; (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests
Trad. 獨木不成林
- a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
- one cannot accomplish much on one's own
Trad. 九宮格數獨
- sudoku (puzzle game)
Trad. 美國獨立戰爭
- American War of Independence (1775-1783)
Trad. 獨生子女政策
- one-child policy
Trad. 獨立中文筆會
- Independent Chinese PEN center
Trad. 外商獨資企業
- wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China)
- abbr. to 外資企業|外资企业[wai4 zi1 qi3 ye4]
Trad. 獨立國家聯合體
- Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union)
Trad. 獨在異鄉為異客
- a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2])
Trad. 罷黜百家，獨尊儒術
- Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom)
- sole dominant ideology
Trad. 貢山獨龍族怒族自治縣
- Gongshan Derung and Nu autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan