"독불장군" meaning in Korean

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        "2": "獨不將軍",
        "gloss": "one cannot be a general alone"
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      "form": "dokbuljanggun",
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  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "english": "No matter how powerful a country may be, if it acts like a recalcitrant, it will lose the support of its allies.",
          "roman": "Amuri gangdaegug-i-rado dokbuljanggun sig-euro haengdonghamyeon ubanggug-ui jiji-reul ilke doenda.",
          "text": "아무리 강대국이라도 독불장군 식으로 행동하면 우방국의 지지를 잃게 된다.",
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        "a stubborn, obstinate fellow; a fellow who always insists they are right"
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          "obstinate",
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          "right",
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          "word": "고집쟁이"
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        "a lonely outcast"
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        "(dated) a lonely outcast"
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      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
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    },
    {
      "other": "[독뿔장군]"
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  "word": "독불장군"
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        "gloss": "one cannot be a general alone"
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          "roman": "Amuri gangdaegug-i-rado dokbuljanggun sig-euro haengdonghamyeon ubanggug-ui jiji-reul ilke doenda.",
          "text": "아무리 강대국이라도 독불장군 식으로 행동하면 우방국의 지지를 잃게 된다.",
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        "a lonely outcast"
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