- 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
Characters
- 独 (獨): alone; independent; single; sole; only
- 树 (樹): tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
- 一 (一): one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 帜 (幟): flag
Resources
- Wiktionary: 独树一帜
- MDBG: 独树一帜
- Examples with 独树一帜 on Tatoeba
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