shàn​zì​zuò​zhǔ

to take unauthorized action

  • created sense approved 擅自作主 · shàn​zì​zuò​zhǔ · to take unauthorized action — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    擅自作主

    shàn​zì​zuò​zhǔ

    to take unauthorized action

    to make decisions on one's own without authorization or consulting others; to act entirely according to one's own will

    擅自 (literal) → 擅自 · shàn​zì · without authorization 作主 (literal) → 作主 · zuò​zhǔ · to make the decision

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

    created sense