獨霸一方 dú bà yī fāng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)
  2. to hold as one's personal fiefdom

CHARACTERS

獨 dú alone, single, solitary, only
霸 bà
HSK 6
rule by might rather than right
一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
方 fāng
HSK 3
a square, rectangle; a region; local