一回事
yī huí shì
Pinyin

Definition

一回事
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yī huí shì
  1. one thing
  2. the same as

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一样
yī yàng
  1. 1 same
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 equal to
  4. 4 the same as
  5. 5 just like
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
事
shì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 thing
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 affair
  6. 6 CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]
回家
huí jiā
  1. 1 to return home
第一
dì yī
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 number one
  3. 3 primary
一一
yī yī
  1. 1 one by one
  2. 2 one after another
一下子
yī xià zi
  1. 1 in a short while
  2. 2 all at once
  3. 3 all of a sudden
一些
yī xiē
  1. 1 some
  2. 2 a few
  3. 3 a little
  4. 4 (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一共
yī gòng
  1. 1 altogether
一再
yī zài
  1. 1 repeatedly
一切
yī qiè
  1. 1 everything
  2. 2 every
  3. 3 all
一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
一口气
yī kǒu qì
  1. 1 one breath
  2. 2 in one breath
  3. 3 at a stretch
一同
yī tóng
  1. 1 along
  2. 2 together
一味
yī wèi
  1. 1 blindly
  2. 2 invariably
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一塌糊涂
yī tā hú tu
  1. 1 muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
  2. 2 complete shambles
  3. 3 a total mess
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng
  1. 1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. each person has his own position
  3. 3 each to his own
  4. 4 horses for courses
  5. 5 every kettle has its lid
一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
一刀两断
yī dāo liǎng duàn
  1. 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
yī dāo qiē
  1. 1 lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
  2. 2 one solution fits a diversity of problems
  3. 3 one size fits all
一分一毫
yī fēn yī háo
  1. 1 a tiny bit (idiom)
  2. 2 an iota
一分为二
yī fēn wéi èr
  1. 1 one divides into two
  2. 2 to be two-sided
  3. 3 there are two sides to everything
  4. 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
一切就绪
yī qiè jiù xù
  1. 1 everything in its place and ready (idiom)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
  1. 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call

Sample Sentences

好不好吃是一回事，但是中秋节吃月饼是中国人的传统。
hǎo bu hǎochī shì yī huí shì ，dànshì Zhōngqiūjié chī yuèbǐng shì Zhōngguórén de chuántǒng 。
Whether or not they are any good is one thing, but eating mooncakes during Mid-Autumn Festival is a Chinese tradition.
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说得好像真有那么一回事，但是那么贵就很难普及，怎么看都只是少数自认环保先进的有钱人的高级玩具...
shuō dé hǎoxiàng zhēn yǒu nàme yī huí shì ，dànshì nàme guì jiù hěn nán pǔjí ，zěnme kàn dōu zhǐshì shǎoshù zìrèn huánbǎo xiānjìnde yǒuqiánrén de gāojí wánjù ...
Now that you say it, it seems like that really is the case. But it will be unlikely to gain popularity at that price. However one looks at it, it's really just an expensive toy for a small minority of wealthy people who think of themselves as environmentally responsible.
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这个是怎么样的？因为我是南方人嘛。我听说过这个二人转，但是我不是非常地了解这个二人转是怎么一回事 。
zhège shì zěnmeyàng de ？yīnwèi wǒ shì nánfāngrén ma 。wǒ tīngshuōguo zhège èrrénzhuàn ，dànshì wǒ bù shì fēicháng de liǎojiě zhège èrrénzhuàn shì zěnme yīhuíshì 。
What's that like? Because I'm from the south. I've heard of song and dance duets, but I'm not really sure what they are.
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老张，那个私募基金到底是怎么一回事啊，跟我平时在证券交易所买的基金一样吗？
lǎozhāng ，nàge sīmù jījīn dàodǐ shì zěnme yīhuíshì a ，gēn wǒ píngshí zài zhèngquànjiāoyìsuǒ mǎi de jījīn yīyàng ma ？
Lao Zhang, what about that privately placed fund? Is it the same as the funds I normally buy in the stock market?
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网上都是你和赞助商的绯闻。这是怎么一回事？
wǎngshàng dōu shì nǐ hé zànzhùshāng de fěiwén 。zhè shì zěnme yī huí shì ？
There are rumors of the sex scandal between you and the pageant supporter all over the internet. What is this all about?
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大臣们开始还搞不清是怎么一回事，看了曹冲称象，连连叫好。曹操非常得意，更加宠爱曹冲了。
dàchénmen kāishǐ hái gǎobuqīng shì zěnme yī huí shì ，kàn le Cáo Chōng chēng xiàng ，liánlián jiàohǎo 。Cáo Cāo fēicháng déyì ，gèngjiā chǒng ài Cáo Chōng le 。
At first, the ministers couldn't guess what was going to happen, but after seeing Cao Chong measure the elephant, they all began to applaud him one after another. Cao Cao was extremely proud of Cao Chong and doted upon him even more after that.
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你怎么一回事儿？不要命啦？我叫你别乱走的。
nǐ zěnme yīhuíshìr5 ？bù yào mìng la ？wǒ jiào nǐ bié luàn zǒu de 。
What happened to you? Don't you value your life? I told you not to wander around.
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这到底是怎么一回事？佳燕为什么说没见过健明？他们昨天还说过话呀！
zhè dàodǐ shì zěnme yī huí shì ？Jiāyàn wèishénme shuō méi jiàn guo Jiànmíng ？tāmen zuótiān hái shuō guo huà ya ！
Just what is going on here? Why did Jiayan say she had never seen Jianming? They even spoke to each other yesterday!
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