独裁 (獨裁)
dú cái
Pinyin

Definition

独裁 (獨裁)
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dú cái
  1. dictatorship

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

剪裁
jiǎn cái
  1. 1 to tailor (clothes)
  2. 2 to trim (expenditure)
总裁
zǒng cái
  1. 1 chairman
  2. 2 director-general (of a company etc)
裁判
cái pàn
  1. 1 judgment
  2. 2 to referee
  3. 3 umpire
  4. 4 judge
  5. 5 referee
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 classifier: 位 wèi
  8. 8 classifier: 名 míng
别出心裁
bié chū xīn cái
  1. 1 to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality
  2. 2 to adopt an original approach
制裁
zhì cái
  1. 1 to punish
  2. 2 punishment
  3. 3 sanctions (incl. economic)

Idioms (5)

别出心裁
bié chū xīn cái
  1. 1 to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality
  2. 2 to adopt an original approach
独出心裁
dú chū xīn cái
  1. 1 to display originality (idiom); to do things differently
相体裁衣
xiàng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
  2. 2 to act according to actual circumstances
  3. 3 to live within one's means
量体裁衣
liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
  2. 2 To live within one's means.

Sample Sentences

墨索里尼，一个大独裁者。从1922年到1943年期间，法西斯政党就统治了整个义大利。
Mòsuǒlǐní ，yī gè dà dúcáizhě 。cóng 1922 nián dào 1943 nián qījiān ，Fǎxīsī zhèngdǎng jiù tǒngzhì le zhěnggè Yìdàlì 。
Mussolini, a great dictator. From 1922 to 1943 the Fascist Party ruled the whole of Italy.
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怎么个有威望法？有没有说他专制独裁贪污腐败？
zěnme gè yǒu wēiwàng fǎ ？yǒumeiyǒu shuō tā zhuānzhì dúcái tānwū fǔbài ？
How can he be prestigious? Wasn't he a greedy and corrupt autocrat and dictator?
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珍藏版DVD
zhēncángbǎn DVD
Yeah. Chaplin's movies are simply a standard for movies from the twenties to the fifties. ``City Lights," ``Modern Times," and ``The Great Dictator,"-- these movies have attracted great interest among audiences not only in America but around the world. A lot of his movies are also very popular in China. To this day, the supply of classic Chaplin DVD collections can't match the demand.
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