一刀兩斷いっとうりょうだん

See also: 一刀両断いっとうりょうだん and 一刀いっとう两断

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	knife	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (一刀兩斷いっとうりょうだん)		一いち	刀かたな	兩りょう	斷だん
simp. (一刀いっとう两断)		一いち	刀かたな	两	断だん

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīdāoliǎngduàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄉㄠ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ dou¹ loeng⁵ dyun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-to-lióng-toān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīdāoliǎngduàn [Phonetic: yìdāoliǎngduàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄠ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yidaoliǎngduàn
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tao¹-liang³-tuan⁴
    • Yale: yī-dāu-lyǎng-dwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: idauleangduann
    • Palladius: идаоляндуань (idaoljanduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ dou¹ loeng⁵ dyun⁶
    • Yale: yāt dōu léuhng dyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dou¹ loeng⁵ dyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ dou¹ lêng⁵ dün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-to-lióng-toān
    • Tâi-lô: it-to-lióng-tuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itdoiliofngdoan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tɤ⁴⁴ liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuan³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ to⁴⁴ liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuan³³/

Idiom

一刀兩斷いっとうりょうだん

1. to sever with one blow; to make a clean break

   • 但ただし這孩子卻也有ゆう可か敬けい的てき地方ちほう：他た的てき從容しょうよう，他た的てき沉默，他た的てき獨斷どくだん獨行どっこう，他た的てき一いち去さ不ふ回かい頭あたま，都と是これ力ちから的てき表現ひょうげん，都と是これ強者きょうしゃ適者てきしゃ的てき表現ひょうげん。決けつ不ふ婆ばば婆ばば媽媽的てき，決けつ不ふ粘粘ねばねば搭搭的てき，一いち針はり見み血ち，一刀兩斷いっとうりょうだん，這正せい是ぜ白しろ種しゅ人じん之これ所ところ以為ため白しろ種しゅ人じん。 [MSC, trad.]
     但ただし这孩子却也有ゆう可か敬けい的てき地方ちほう：他た的てき从容，他た的てき沉默，他た的てき独断どくだん独行どっこう，他た的てき一いち去さ不ふ回かい头，都と是これ力ちから的てき表おもて现，都と是これ强者きょうしゃ适者的てき表おもて现。决不婆ばば婆ばば妈妈的てき，决不粘粘ねばねば搭搭的てき，一いち针见血ち，一刀いっとう两断，这正せい是ぜ白しろ种人之これ所ところ以为白しろ种人。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 朱しゅ自じ清きよし (Zhu Ziqing), 《白しろ種しゅ人じん——上帝じょうてい的てき驕おご子こ》

     Dàn zhè háizi què yě yǒu kějìng de dìfang: tā de cóngróng, tā de chénmò, tā de dúduàndúxíng, tā de yī qù bù huítóu, dōu shì lì de biǎoxiàn, dōu shì qiángzhě shìzhě de biǎoxiàn. Juébù pópomāma de, juébù niánniándādā de, yīzhēnjiànxiě, yīdāoliǎngduàn, zhè zhèngshì báizhǒngrén zhī suǒ yǐ wéi báizhǒngrén. [Pinyin]

     But there was something about the child that could be respected. His leisurely way, his reticence, his arbitrariness, his way of walking ahead without looking back. These were manifestations of his power, the power of the strongest, of the fittest. The child was, by no means, overly careful, or irresolute. The child could hit the nail on the head and make a clean break. The child was a quintessential Caucasian.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (一刀兩斷いっとうりょうだん):

• → Japanese: 一刀両断いっとうりょうだん(いっとうりょうだん) (ittōryōdan)
• → Korean: 일도양단(一刀兩斷いっとうりょうだん) (ildoyangdan)
• → Vietnamese: nhất đao lưỡng đoạn (一刀兩斷いっとうりょうだん)