一生
yī shēng
Pinyin

Definition

一生
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yī shēng
  1. all one's life
  2. throughout one's life

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)
生活
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
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
一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always

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

喝一碗孟婆汤吧，一喝便可忘了前世今生。一生的爱恨情仇、浮沉得失，都会随着这碗孟婆汤而过去。
hē yì wǎn mèngpótāng ba ，yì hē biàn kě wàng le qiánshì jīnshēng 。yìshēng de àihènqíngchóu 、fúchéndéshī ，dōuhuì suí zhe zhè wǎn mèngpótāng ér guòqù 。
Have a bowl of Mengpo soup, one taste will make you forget this incarnation. All your attachments and grudges, all the ups and downs, the gains and losses, will all pass away along with this soup.
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一句话，一辈子，一生情，一杯酒。
yī jù huà ，yībèizi ，yīshēng qíng ，yī bēi jiǔ 。
With these words, for our lives, for friendship, let us drink
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朋友一生一起走，
péngyou yīshēng yīqǐ zǒu ，
A friend is supposed to be with you your whole life,
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节目里说，目前大概有2000万同性恋，有90%会选择跟异性结婚。因为父母逼婚等原因，大部分同性恋会结婚生子。嫁给同性恋，一生的幸福就被毁了。冷暴力，出轨，还有艾滋！
jiémù lǐ shuō ，mùqián dàgài yǒu liǎngqiānwàn tóngxìngliàn ，yǒu bǎifēnzhījiǔshí huì xuǎnzé gēn yìxìng jiéhūn 。yīnwèi fùmǔ bīhūn děng yuányīn ，dàbùfen tóngxìngliàn huì jiéhūn shēngzǐ 。jiàgěi tóngxìngliàn ，yīshēng de xìngfú jiù bèi huǐ le 。lěngbàolì ，chūguǐ ，háiyǒu àizī ！
In the program they said that now there are about 20 million homosexuals and that 90 percent of them choose to marry with the opposite sex. Because of reasons like their parents compelling them to get married, most homosexuals get married and have kids. Marrying a homosexual takes all the happiness out of life. Emotional neglect, infidelity and even AIDS!
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为它一生奉献
wèi tā yīshēng fèngxiàn
To which I devote my entire life
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一生要走多远的路程
yīshēng yào zǒu duō yuǎn de lùchéng
In my life, how far will I walk down this road?
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是啊，青海和内蒙都有挺多藏传佛教的信徒，还有很多西藏的信徒住在很偏远的地方，他们即使花几年也在所不惜，因为朝圣既是他们的精神寄托，也是他们一生的荣耀。
shì ā ，Qīnghǎi hé Nèiméng dōu yǒu tǐng duō zàngchuán fójiào de xìntú ，hái yǒu hěn duō Xīzàng de xìntú zhùzài hěn piānyuǎn de dìfang ，tāmen jíshǐ huā jǐnián yě zàisuǒbùxī ，yīnwèi cháoshèng jì shì tāmen de jīngshén jìtuō ，yě shì tāmen yīshēng de róngyào 。
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你一生中最重要的关系就是和自己的关系。
nǐ yīshēng zhōng zuì zhòngyào de guānxi jiùshì hé zìjǐ de guānxi 。
The most important connection in your life is your connection to yourself.
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