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culture
Mandarin: yue4
food etc.)"
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etc"
Mandarin: 夕
Pinyin xi1 is China reading; xi4 is Taiwan reading.
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U形釘
Mandarin: you1 xing2 ding1
staple
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一一
Mandarin: yi1 yi1
one at a time; one after another
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一丁點兒
Mandarin: yi1 ding1 dianr3
a wee bit
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一三一四
a pun on 一生一世 (a lifetime), lit., "1314"
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一下
Mandarin: yi1 xia4
[1] once; one time; awhile | Often after a verb to indicate a short moment and sometimes shortened to just 下 (which the HK media inexplicably writes as 吓)| eg. 等一下; 講(一)下嘢; 睇下; 瞓一下 | Mand.-only synon.: 一會兒 [2] all at once; at one fell swoop | Synon.: 一下子
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一下兒
Mandarin: yi2 xiar4
[1] same as 一下; 一下子; 一會兒 - in a while; in a short time [2] a little bit | Cant.: 一啲 | Syn.: 一點; 一點兒
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一下子
Mandarin: yi2 xia4 zi5
[1] in a short while [2] all at once; all of a sudden [] Cant.: 一下
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一不做,二不休
Mandarin: yi1 bu4 zuo4 er4 bu4 xiu1
carry the thing through; whatever the consequences; in for a penny; in for a pound
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一不小心
Mandarin: yi1 bu5 xiao3 xin1
Accidentally
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一世人
Mandarin: yi1 shi4 ren2
the whole life (of a person); one's entire life; for a lifetime
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一世英名
Mandarin: yi1 shi4 ying1 ming2
one's great reputation and fame
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一丘之貉
Mandarin: yi1 qiu1 zhi1 he2
jackals from the same lair; birds of a feather
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一个
Mandarin: yi1 ge5
One;a | an
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一中一臺
Mandarin: yi1*4 zhong1 yi1*4 tai2
"one China, one Taiwan" (policy)
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一串
Mandarin: yi1 chuan4
a series of
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一串紅
Salvia splendens (scarlet sage)
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一九九七年
Mandarin: yi1 jiu3 jiu3 qi1 nian2
Year 1997
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一九四九年
Mandarin: yi1 jiu3 si4 jiu3 nian2
Year 1949
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一乾二淨
(idiom) thoroughly; completely; wholly
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一了百了
Mandarin: yi4 liao3 bai3 liao3
once and for all; get it over and done with; all problems end when the main problem is dealt with
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一事
Mandarin: yi1 shi4
A matter
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一事無成
completely without success, i.e., to achieve nothing
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一二
Mandarin: yi1 er4
one or two, a little, a few, one by one
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一五一十
Mandarin: yi1 wu3 yi1 shi2
(narrate) systematically and in full detail; count by fives or tens
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一些
Mandarin: yi1 xie1
some; a few; a little | Cant.:一啲; 些少 | Syn.: 一點; 一點兒
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一些些
Mandarin: yi1 xie1 xie1
A little bit
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一人做事，一人當
Cantonese
(idiom) one must bear the consequences of one's actions
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一人做事一人當
Mandarin: yi1 ren2 zuo4 shi4 yi1 ren2 dang1
Simplified: 一人做事一人当
One must bear the consequences of his own act
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