wǔ yán liù sè

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suān tián kǔ là

sour, sweet, bitter and spicy; all kinds of flavours; the joys and sorrows of life; the sweets and bitters of life

yī fó chū shì, èr fú shēng tiān⚠ 拼音待校

synonym of 一佛出世，二佛涅槃 (yīfóchūshì, èrfónièpán)

yī jué shèng fù

to have a showdown to determine the victor

yī qiè jiù xù

everything in its place and ready

yī xiāng qíng yuàn

one's own wishful thinking; unilateral willingness; unrequited love

yī qù bù fù fǎn

gone forever; gone never to return

出处: From the following song attributed to Jing Ke in 《史記·刺客列傳》 (Records of the Grand Historian: Biographies of Assassins).

yī qù bù fǎn

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yī kǒu yǎo dìng

to assert resolutely and stick to one's statement

yī tuán hé qì

to be amiable; to be affable; to keep on good terms with everyone at the expense of principle; to keep on the right side of everyone

yī tóu wù shuǐ

to be completely muddle-headed; to be baffled

出处: From Cantonese.

yī zì yī lèi

each word is a teardrop; very pitiful; very pathetic

直译: one word, one tear

yī dìng bù yí

synonym of 一定不易 (yīdìngbùyì, “unalterable”)

yī jǐ zhī sī

one's own selfish interests

yī niàn zhī chā

the difference caused by a single thought; momentary slip; ill-considered action

yī yōng ér shàng⚠ 拼音待校

to rush forward together

yī yōng ér rù

to swarm in

yī huī ér jiù

a flourish of the pen and it's done; to finish a piece of writing or a painting at one go

yī rì bù jiàn rú gé sān qiū

a single day apart seems like three years

直译: Not seeing (somebody) for a day is like being apart for three autumns.

出处: From the Classic of Poetry, poem 72 (《詩經·王風·采葛》)

yī xiǎn shēn shǒu

synonym of 顯身手 /显身手 (xiǎn shēnshǒu)

yī pù shí hán

to work hard for one day and do nothing for ten; to work by fits and starts; to act without perseverance or persistence

出处: From Mencius (《孟子·告子上》)

yī mù nán zhī

"one post cannot hold a falling structure"; just one person cannot save something doomed to fail

yī pài hú yán

a load of nonsense

yī jiāng shí bǐng

a small favor

直译: one broth, ten loaves

yī huán kòu yī huán

closely linked

yī shí èr niǎo

to kill two birds with one stone; to do one task and finish two or more goals

直译: one stone, two birds

出处: Wasei kango (和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご)), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 一(いっ)石(せき)二(に)鳥(ちょう) (isseki nichō); itself a calque of English kill two birds with one stone.

yī qióng èr bái

poor and blank; economically impoverished and culturally backward

出处: Possibly from On the Ten Major Relationships, a speech delivered by Mao Zedong in 1956 on the socialist construction of the People's Republic of China.

yī xiào zhì zhī

to laugh off; to dismiss with laughter; to make light of

yī suǒ dé nán

to give birth to a boy as one's first baby

出处: From I Ching

yī lǎn wú yú

to take in everything at a glance; to have an uninterrupted view

yī lǎn wú yí

to take in everything at a glance; to have an uninterrupted view

yī chù jí fā

could break out or flare up at any time (of a situation); on the verge of crisis; in a tense and volatile situation

yī yán lì xìn

to establish one's reputation with a single word (statement)

yī shēn shì dǎn

to know no fear; to be absolutely fearless

yī tuì liù èr wǔ

to evade (or deny) all responsibility

直译: push back one (column of digits) and .625

出处: Originally an abacus formula (珠算口訣) for converting between hexadecimal and decimal systems of weights, meaning 1/16 = .0625. Pun on 退 (tuì, “push back”) → 推 (tuī, “evade”).

yī zuì fāng xiū

to drink to get drunk

yī qián tài shǒu

honest (government) official

出处: From Liu Chong, a governor of the Han Dynasty.

wàn dài bù yì

eternally unchanging

wàn gǔ cháng qīng

everlasting; remain fresh forever