一个将军一个令
yī​ge​jiāng​jūn​yī​ge​lìng

everyone has their own way of doing things

  • created sense approved 一个将军一个令/一個將軍一個令 · yī​ge​jiāng​jūn​yī​ge​lìng · everyone has their own way of doing things — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一个将军一个令 / 一個將軍一個令

    yī​ge​jiāng​jūn​yī​ge​lìng

    everyone has their own way of doing things

    every boss has their own rules; each leader has their own way of doing things, like the English proverb "new lords, new laws"

    yī​gè​jiāng​jūn​yī​gè​lìng

    一个 (literal) → 一个/一個 · yī​ge · one 将军 (literal) → 将军/將軍 · jiāng​jūn · general 一个 (literal) → 一个/一個 · yī​ge · one 令 (literal) → 令 · lìng · to order

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense