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 nián bàn zǎi

about a year; quite a long while

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 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

wàn sǐ bù cí

to be willing to risk any danger to do one's duty

wàn wù zhī líng

humans, the pinnacle of creation

wàn zǐ qiān hóng

Describes a scene where flowers bloom synchronously.; a profusion of flourishing trades; prosperous

wàn shì wàn líng

to prove effective every time

sān lìng wǔ shēn

to repeatedly order, instruct, admonish or warn

出处: From Shiji, Vol. LXV (《史記·孫武列傳》)

sān cuī sì qǐng

to repeatedly urge or plead