一刀切

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Chinese

one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
knife close to; to cut; to slice
simp. and trad.
(一刀切)
Literally: “to cut all at one stroke”.

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Verb

一刀切

  1. (idiomatic, figurative) to impose uniformity; to deal with it the same way despite the differences in circumstances; to do things in a one-size-fits-all approach