Results for “一”

sweating all over

to compete against / to measure oneself against / to go head to head (see who is best)

first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)

see 一推六二五[yī tuī liù èr wǔ]

grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)

to give way to one's beastly lust

one time (all the way through) / once through

over and over

(medicine) transient / temporary

one after another

(of singers etc) one answering the other

It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.

to get thoroughly drunk (idiom) / to get plastered

a one-off, short-sighted deal / a one-shot, all-out attempt

lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision

(idiom) stingy / penny-pinching

to repeat errors / to continue blundering / to make continuous mistakes

see 連鍋端|连锅端[lián guō duān]

(idiom) talking endlessly / long-winded

one-stop (service, shop etc)

sudden idea / flash of insight

to flash past / to flit by

a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)

to wipe away a humiliation (idiom)

in a flash

in an instant

suddenly / in an instant

in a flash

soul / spirit

to have met once / casual acquaintance

(idiom) one-time encounter (e.g. 有一面之緣|有一面之缘[yǒu yī miàn zhī yuán] "to have met once before")

one side of the story / one-sided statement

to be entirely on one side / one-sided / lopsided / partisan / overwhelmingly on one side

to plunge into / to run headlong into

one-sided enthusiasm (abbr. for 剃頭挑子一頭熱|剃头挑子一头热[tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè])

to be confused / to be baffled

lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu]

same type / category 1 (i.e. class A)

class A protected animal