一阵
yī zhèn
Pinyin

Definition

一阵
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yī zhèn
  1. a burst
  2. a fit
  3. a peal
  4. a spell (period of time)

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
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
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
一同
yī tóng
  1. 1 along
  2. 2 together
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一定
yī dìng
  1. 1 surely
  2. 2 certainly
  3. 3 necessarily
  4. 4 fixed
  5. 5 a certain (extent etc)
  6. 6 given
  7. 7 particular
  8. 8 must
一手
yī shǒu
  1. 1 a skill
  2. 2 mastery of a trade
  3. 3 by oneself
  4. 4 without outside help
一旦
yī dàn
  1. 1 in case (sth happens)
  2. 2 if
  3. 3 once (sth happens, then...)
  4. 4 when
  5. 5 in a short time
  6. 6 in one day
一早
yī zǎo
  1. 1 early in the morning
  2. 2 at dawn
一时
yī shí
  1. 1 a period of time
  2. 2 a while
  3. 3 for a short while
  4. 4 temporary
  5. 5 momentary
  6. 6 at the same time

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

嘿！小胖，好久不见，有一阵子没看到你了，健身可是不能偷懒的！
hēi ！xiǎopàng ，hǎojiǔbujiàn ，yǒu yīzhènzi méi kàndào nǐ le ，jiànshēn kěshì bùnéng tōulǎn de ！
Hey! Fatboy, long time no see. It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, but one really can’t fall behind when it comes to working out!
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我帮公司制作了一支广告片，预算很低品质也不怎么样，但是一个明星在他的社群媒体分享了这支影片，居然在网上疯传，引起一阵旋风。
wǒ bāng gōngsī zhìzuò le yī zhī guǎnggào piàn ，yùsuàn hěn dī pǐnzhì yě bùzěnmeyàng ，dànshì yī gè míngxīng zài tā de shèqún méitǐ fēnxiǎng le zhè zhī yǐngpiàn ，jūrán zài wǎngshàng fēngchuán ，yǐnqǐ yīzhèn xuànfēng 。
I made an advertisement for my company, the budget was really low and it wasn't brilliant quality-wise, but a celebrity shared the advert on social media, and it ended up going viral, causing an online storm.
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所以有一阵子我每次看到我妹就会想起去年分手的情景...我从此以后再也不想跟情人节有什么关联了...
suǒyǐ yǒu yīzhènzi wǒ měicì kàndào wǒ mèi jiù huì xiǎng qǐ qùnián fēnshǒu de qíngjǐng ...wǒ cóngcǐ yǐhòu zàiyě bù xiǎng gēn qíngrénjié yǒu shénme guānlián le ...
So for a period of time every time I saw my little sister I would think back to the scene of the break-up... And from that time onward, I've wanted nothing to do with Valentine's Day.
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这时，他一阵毛骨悚然，起了一身鸡皮疙瘩。
zhèshí ，tā yīzhèn máogǔsǒngrán ，qǐ le yīshēn jīpígēda 。
Just then, he felt a chill down his spine and got goose bumps all over him.
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卡卡不就说了吗？前一阵子他接受媒体采访，回顾当年赢得金球奖，他说他是最后一个获奖的地球人。
kǎkǎ bù jiù shuō le ma ？qiányīzhènzi tā jiēshòu méitǐ cǎifǎng ，huígù dāngnián yíngdé jīnqiújiǎng ，tā shuō tā shì zuìhòu yī gè huòjiǎng de dìqiúrén 。
Didn't Kaká say just that? When he was interviewed recently, looking back on the year he won the Ballon d'Or, he said he was the last winner to be "born on this planet."
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2.知道刚才的美味佳肴居然是用昆虫做出来的，他不由得一阵恶心。
.zhīdào gāngcái de měiwèi jiāyáo jūrán shì yòng kūnchóng zuò chūlái de ，tā bùyóude yīzhèn ěxīn 。
Knowing that the delicious food was actually made from insects, he could not help but feel sick.
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嗯，今年大二啊？不错，我们虽然是找工读生，但是���喜欢稳定一点的，最好是能做上一阵子的，一直训练新人很麻烦。
ng4 ，jīnnián dà èr ā ？bùcuò ，wǒmen suīrán shì zhǎo gōngdúshēng ，dànshì wǒ xǐhuan wěndìng yìdiǎn de ，zuì hǎo shì néng zuò shàng yízhènzi de ，yìzhí xùnliàn xīnrén hěn máfan 。
You are in second year of university now? Although we're looking for students who want to work part time, I like a bit of stability. It's good if you can work here for a while, as constantly training up new recruits is such a hassle.
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我低下头闻见一阵芬芳
wǒ dī xià tóu wén jiàn yī zhèn fēnfāng
I lower my head and smell their fragrance
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我们也闹过一阵子。两个人都像吃了炸药似的，一点就着。
wǒmen yě nào guò yīzhènzi 。liǎng ge rén dōu xiàng chī le zhàyào shìde ，yī diǎn jiù zháo 。
We also fought a lot for awhile. It was like the two of us had eaten dynamite; any little thing would set us off.
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也不知道算不算。有一阵子老是看对方不顺眼，简直是大吵三六九，小吵天天有。
yě bù zhīdào suànbusuàn 。yǒu yīzhènzi lǎoshi kàn duìfāng bùshùnyǎn ，jiǎnzhí shì dàchǎo sānliùjiǔ, xiǎochǎotiāntiānyǒu 。
I'm not sure if you could call it that exactly. There was a while when we just got on each other's nerves, with major fights every week and little ones every day.
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