January 28 Incident (1932), military conflict between China and Japan in Shanghai
one by one; one after another
一切向钱看 一切向錢看 yī qiè xiàng qián kàn to put money above everything else
一力降十会 一力降十會 yī lì xiáng shí huì brute force overcomes clever tactics
to change from day to day
one-on-one basketball game
(coll.) to be a dime a dozen; easy to come by
1. 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule)2. (fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck
1. repeatedly2. over and over again
1. lit. one object bests another object2. every item has a weakness (idiom)3. there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
1. a piece of land of 1.3 mu 亩[mǔ]2. (fig.) one's turf
一级方程式 一級方程式 yī jí fāng chéng shì Formula One (motor racing)
一致性效应 一致性效應 yī zhì xìng xiào yìng consistency effect
一览众山小 一覽眾山小 yī lǎn zhòng shān xiǎo 1. (last line of the poem 望岳 by Tang poet Du Fu 杜甫[dù fǔ]) with one look I shall see all the smaller mountains down below (from the summit of Mt Tai 泰山[tài shān])2. (fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place
一言抄百总 一言抄百總 yī yán chāo bǎi zǒng to cut a long story short
not regard as a matter (of any importance)
to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)
Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14
to lend a helping hand (idiom)
1. the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists2. called 反革命政变 or 惨案 in PRC literature
1. the massacre of 12th Mar 19272. the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
天生的一对 天生的一對 tiān shēng de yī duì couple who were made for each other
小泉纯一郎 小泉純一郎 xiǎo quán chún yī láng KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō (1942-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006
1. lit. to rub one's nose with dust2. to suffer a snub3. to meet with a rebuff
to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger
江湖一点诀 江湖一點訣 jiāng hú yī diǎn jué 1. special technique2. trick of the trade3. knack
生物专一性 生物專一性 shēng wù zhuān yī xìng biospecificity
穿一条裤子 穿一條褲子 chuān yī tiáo kù zi 1. (of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together2. to be like family3. to share the same view of things
The Simpsons (US TV series)
灵犀一点通 靈犀一點通 líng xī yī diǎn tōng 1. mental rapport2. likeness of mind3. spiritual link
1. lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom)2. fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish
to be getting worse with each generation
一个中国政策 一個中國政策 yī gè zhōng guó zhèng cè one-China policy
一分钱一分货 一分錢一分貨 yī fēn qián yī fēn huò you get what you pay for
一分钱两分货 一分錢兩分貨 yī fēn qián liǎng fēn huò high quality at bargain price
一口吃个胖子 一口吃個胖子 yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi 1. lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)2. fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible3. to be impatient for success
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
1. lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)2. fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us3. (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
to have endured all sorts of hardships (to raise one's children) (idiom)
一掬同情之泪 一掬同情之淚 yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
to be getting worse by the day
一条路走到黑 一條路走到黑 yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi 1. lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)2. fig. to stick to one's ways3. to cling to one's course
一条道走到黑 一條道走到黑 yī tiáo dào zǒu dào hēi 1. to stick to one's ways2. to cling to one's course