万一
wàn yī
Pinyin

Definition

万一
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wàn yī
  1. just in case
  2. if by any chance
  3. contingency

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

悲催，好吧，那就是不必在对你没意思的人身上浪费时间咯，那万一一撩就反应呢，互相也都加了微信了。
bēisuī ，hǎoba ，nà jiùshì búbì zài duì nǐ méi yìsi de rén shēnshàng làngfèi shíjiān lo ，nà wànyī yī liáo jiù fǎnyìng ne ，hùxiāng yě dōu jiā le wēixìn le 。
It's enough to bring you to tears. OK, so one shouldn't waste time on people who aren't interested in you, so what about if someone reacts as soon as you interact with them, and you both add each other on WeChat?
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万一要是她将来不肯把孩子给你呢？怀胎十月是会有感情的，那你在法律上是没有保障的，况且代孕费用不低，总不能白白浪费了吧？
wànyī yàoshì tā jiānglái bù kěn bǎ háizi gěi nǐ ne ？huáitāi shíyuè shì huì yǒu gǎnqíng de ，nà nǐ zài fǎlǜ shàng shì méiyǒu bǎozhàng de ，kuàngqiě dàiyùn fèiyòng bù dī ，zǒng bùnéng báibái làngfèi le ba ？
What if she doesn't agree to give you the child? Carrying a child for 10 months makes people start to feel attached to it and you'd have no legal standing. Furthermore, paying for a surrogate is costly, you can't let the money go to waste, yeah?
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也有人言：“先奋斗几年看看吧，万一将来能在北京买得起房子了呢？”
yěyǒu rén yán ：“xiān fèndòu jǐ nián kàn kàn ba ，wànyī jiānglái néng zài Běijīng mǎi de qǐ fángzi le ne ？”
There are also some who think “if I work hard for the next few years, I may be able to buy a house in Beijing?”
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减肥药我可不吃，万一吃错了药，那就糟了。
jiǎnféi yào wǒ kě bù chī ，wànyī chī cuò le yào ，nā jiù zāo le 。
I don't take diet pills. If you take the wrong pills, you're in trouble.
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我当然知道逢低要买进，但是万一它一直不高怎么办？
wǒ dāngrán zhīdào féng dī yào mǎi jìn ，dànshì wànyī tā yīzhí bù gāo zěnme bàn ？
Of course I know you buy when prices fall, but what happens if they never peak?
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还没人来呀！快快，大伙快去找床垫、厚被子什么的，堆在前面，以防万一她掉下来！
hái méi rén lái ya ！kuàikuài ，dàhuǒ kuài qù zhǎo chuángdiàn 、hòu bèizi shénme de ，duī zài qiánmian ，yǐfáng wànyī tā diàoxiàlái ！
Nobody has come yet! Quickly, everybody quickly go find a mattress, thick quilts and stuff like that and pile it in front there, just in case she falls!
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那万一我死了以后其实是有感觉的，怎么办呢？
nà wànyī wǒ sǐ le yǐhòu qíshí shì yǒu gǎnjué de ，zěnme bàn ne ？
And if I can still feel stuff after I die, what then?
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万一没有完成呢？
wànyī méiyǒu wánchéng ne ？
What if we don't complete them?
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我看过新闻，不过太重的东西还是送不了吧？而且万一送来的时候没人在，东西怎么办？
wǒ kàn guò xīnwén ，bùguò tài zhòng de dōngxi háishì sòng bùliǎo ba ？érqiě wànyī sòng lái de shíhou méi rén zài ，dōngxi zěnme bàn ？
I saw it on the news, but they can't carry very heavy things, can they? And what if there is no one home when they deliver the goods, what happens to the stuff?
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