定于一尊 — Chinese idiom
定于一尊
dìng yú yī zūn
Traditional: 定於一尊
Meaning
- to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct
- to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
Character by character
- 定dìngto decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite,
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 尊zūnto honor, to respect, to venerate
Idioms sharing a character
- 一言为定 yī yán wéi dìng
- 人定胜天 rén dìng shèng tiān
- 命中注定 mìng zhōng zhù dìng
- 尘埃落定 chén āi luò dìng
- 居无定所 jū wú dìng suǒ
- 情定终身 qíng dìng zhōng shēn
- 把持不定 bǎ chí bù dìng
- 捉摸不定 zhuō mō bù dìng
- 气定神闲 qì dìng shén xián
- 游移不定 yóu yí bù dìng
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3). Retrieved 2026-10-22.