独占

獨占
dúzhàn
verb #15,090

Meanings

  1. 1 to have all to oneself; to monopolize

Examples

Tā dúzhàn le zhěnggè shìchǎng.
He monopolized the entire market.
Tā bù yuànyì hé biérén fēnxiǎng, zǒng xiǎng dúzhàn suǒyǒu de wánjù.
She doesn't want to share with others and always wants to keep all the toys to herself.

Tips

usage
The idiom 独占 (dúzhàn áotóu, 'to stand alone on the turtle's head') means to come first, to be the champion — from the imperial exam tradition where the top scholar stood on a carved turtle head.

Stroke Order

zhàn