Cantonese Dictionary

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一將功成萬骨枯
Mandarin: yi1 jiang4 gong1 cheng2 wan4 gu3 ku1
Simplified: 一将功成万骨枯
one man succeeds ten thousand bones perish, which means a man's success is built upon scarifies of many people
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一對
Mandarin: yi1 dui4
a couple, pair
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一對一
Mandarin: yi1 dui4 yi1
Simplified: 一对一
one on | versus one
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一小撮
a pinch of; a handful
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一小時
Mandarin: yi1 xiao3 shi2
Simplified: 一小时
One hour
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一小時以後
Mandarin: yi4 xiao3 shi2 yi3 hou4
a short time later
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一小部分
Mandarin: yi4 xiao3 bu4 fen5
a small part, a small section
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一就一，二就二
Mandarin: yi2 jiu4 yi1 , er4 jiu4 er4
be decisive; hurry up (spoken)
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一局
Mandarin: yi1 ju2
A round; A game.
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一層
Mandarin: yi1 ceng2
a layer
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一山不能藏二虎
Mandarin: yi1 shan1 bu4 neng2 cang2 er4 hu3
lit. a mountain cannot host two tigers, meaning there must be a winner
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一山還有一山高
Mandarin: yi1 shan1 hai2 you3 yi1 shan1 gao1
there are always someone better than you (lit. there are always a mountain higher than this one)
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一山還比一山高
Mandarin: yi1 shan1 hai2 bi3 yi1 shan1 gao1
Simplified: 一山还比一山高
lit. there's always a mountain higher than another, meaning there's always one with better talents
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一岩一窟
Mandarin: yi1 yan2 yi1 ku1
uneven; not smooth; full of bumps and lumps
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一己之私
Mandarin: yi1 ji3 zhi1 si1
One's own interests
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一帆風順
Mandarin: yi1fan1feng1shun4
Simplified: 一帆风顺
(noun) Have a safe trip!
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一席話
Mandarin: yi1 xi2 hua4
what is said during a conversation; an utterance
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一帶
Mandarin: yi1 dai4
district; region
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一干嘢
Mandarin: yi1gan1 ye3
Cantonese
one thousand bucks | dollars [colloquial]
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一年
Mandarin: yi1 nian2
One year
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一年一度
Mandarin: yi1 nian2 yi1 du4
once a year, annually
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一年中
Mandarin: yi1 nian2zhong1
within a year [written and colloquial]
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一年兩造
yield two crops a year
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一年到晚
Cantonese
all year round
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一年半
Mandarin: yi1 nian2 ban4
a year and a half [粵]: 年半
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一年半載
Mandarin: yi1 nian2 ban4 zai3
a year or so; in about a year
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一年多
Mandarin: yi1 nian2 duo1
more than a year
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一年班
first form
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一年生
Mandarin: yi1 nian2 sheng1
[botany] annual
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一年生植物
Mandarin: yi1 nian2 sheng1 zhi2 wu4
[botany] annual plant; annual
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