one word says it all (idiom, from Analects) / to cut a long story short / in a nutshell
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit
to have met once / casual acquaintance
(idiom) one-time encounter (e.g. 有一面之緣|有一面之缘[] "to have met once before")
one side of the story / one-sided statement
one seventh
seven-year itch
to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab
Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi
the best policy / the best thing one can do in the circumstances
indisputable statement / unalterable truth
mishap
a fortune in misfortune / a positive in the negative
(idiom) a matter of no great urgency
(idiom) (humble expression) my presumptuous request
(idiom) invincible position
perfectly sound proposition / unalterable truth / irrefutable argument
a possible period of want or need
unhealthy tendency
lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined
unrighted wrong / unredressed injustice
whereabouts unknown
(idiom) bad omen
absurd statement / cock-and-bull story
as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease
desperado
family with hereditary emoluments
succession struggle / dispute over inheritance
doctrine of the mean / moderation in all things
(Tw) halfway house (for released prisoners, victims of domestic violence etc) / (Tw) (for animals) foster home providing temporary care pending adoption or release
for a long time
to take advantage of sb's precarious position
one ninth
tremendous strength (idiom)
one half
the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman)
(lit.) a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom) / (fig.) a person of limited outlook and experience
the view of a frog in a well (idiom) / fig. a narrow view
to miss sb by a narrow chance / to miss an opportunity
man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[])
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