一味
yī wèi
Pinyin

Definition

一味
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yī wèi
  1. blindly
  2. invariably

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
一心
yī xīn
  1. 1 wholeheartedly
  2. 2 heart and soul
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

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

雾霾产生的主要原因还是在工业污染上，政府一味追求经济效益，用牺牲环境的代价来换取GDP的发展。
wùmái chǎnshēng de zhǔyào yuányīn háishì zài gōngyè wūrǎn shàng ，zhèngfǔ yīwèi zhuīqiú jīngjì xiàoyì ，yòng xīshēng huánjìng de dàijià lái huànqǔ GDP de fāzhǎn 。
The main source of smog is industrial pollution. The government invariably pursue economic efficiency, sacrificing the environment to forward GDP development.
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我就说你这段时间怎么精神状况不太好呢。只是你这样一味地依靠咖啡，只怕对身体也不好呀。
wǒ jiù shuō nǐ zhè duàn shíjiān zěnme jīngshén zhuàngkuàng bùtàihǎo ne 。zhǐshì nǐ zhèyàng yīwèi de yīkào kāfēi ，zhǐpà duì shēntǐ yě bùhǎo ya 。
That’s why I notice this period of time your mental condition is not too good. To rely blindly on coffee is bad for health.
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娘娘可曾听说过一味叫红花的中药？
niángniang kě céng tīngshuō guo yīwèi jiào hónghuā zhōngyào ？
Has my lady ever heard of a type of medicine called "red flower?"
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皇后的“龙凤保胎汤”里被您的义父江太医多下了一味红花，导致皇后至今......
huánghòu de “lóngfèng bǎotāitāng ”lǐ bèi nín de yìfù jiāng tàiyī duō xià le yī wèi hónghuā ，dǎozhì huánghòu zhìjīn ......
Your adopted father, Dr. Jiang, put some extra "red flower" into the Empress' Imperial fertility potion. Because of that, to this day the Emperor...
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我还是觉得不太可靠。虽说MBA是一个新兴事物，发展快是没有错，但国内MBA的教育质量实在是良莠不齐。各大学校都争先开设MBA课程，却没有足够的师资和教学基础，报考MBA的学员也是一味跟风，根本没有应有的素质和基础。MBA教育本来是对有一定管理经验的人进行高级管理培养的，所以报考的条件之一就是要有3到5年的工作经验，可是现在在国内，却成为了很多人为了得到文凭和找工作的跳板。我想这是有悖于MBA教育的初衷的。
wǒ hái shì juéde bùtài kěkào 。suīshuō MBA shì yī ge xīnxīng shìwù ，fāzhǎn kuài shì méiyǒu cuò ，dàn guónèi MBA de jiàoyù zhìliàng shízài shì liángyǒubùqí 。gè dà xuéxiào dōu zhēngxiān kāishè MBA kèchéng ，què méiyǒu zúgòu de shīzī hé jiàoxué jīchǔ ，bàokǎo MBA de xuéyuán yě shì yīwèi gēnfēng ，gēnběn méiyǒu yīngyǒu de sùzhì hé jīchǔ 。MBA jiàoyù běnlái shì duì yǒu yīdìng guǎnlǐ jīngyàn de rén jìnxíng gāojí guǎnlǐ péiyǎng de ，suǒyǐ bàokǎo de tiáojiàn zhīyī jiùshì yào yǒu sān dào wǔ nián de gōngzuò jīngyàn ，kěshì xiànzài zài guónèi ，què chéngwéi le hěn duō rén wèile dédào wénpíng hé zhǎo gōngzuò de tiàobǎn 。wǒ xiǎng zhè shì yǒubèi yú MBA jiàoyù de chūzhōng de 。
I still think it's not that reliable. It's fine to say that the MBA is a new thing, and it should develop quickly. But the quality of education in domestic MBA programs is just very uneven. Every university is competing to be first to offer MBA classes, but they don't have enough teachers or an academic foundation. The students taking the MBA entrance exams are all just getting on the band wagon. They just don't have the necessary qualities or background. MBA education was originally to offer advanced management training to people who already had a certain amount of work experience. So one of the conditions of application was three to five years of work experience. But now, in China, people are using their MBA qualifications as a launch pad when they go job-hunting. I think that runs counter to the MBA's original intention.
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