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一瓶子不響，半瓶子晃蕩
yī píng zi bù xiǎng ， bàn píng zi huàng dang
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lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom);
fig. empty vessels make the most noise
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一甲
yī jiǎ
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1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2], 榜眼[bang3 yan3], and 探花[tan4 hua1], respectively)
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一甲子
yī jiǎ zǐ
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sixty years
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一亩三分地
yī mǔ sān fēn dì
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a piece of land of 1.3 mu 畝|亩[mu3];
(fig.) one's turf
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一畝三分地
yī mǔ sān fēn dì
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a piece of land of 1.3 mu 畝|亩[mu3];
(fig.) one's turf
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一瘸一拐
yī qué yī guǎi
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to limp;
to hobble
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一发不可收拾
yī fā bù kě shōu shi
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once it gets started there's no stopping it
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一發不可收拾
yī fā bù kě shōu shi
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once it gets started there's no stopping it
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一发而不可收
yī fā ér bù kě shōu
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to be impossible to stop once started
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一發而不可收
yī fā ér bù kě shōu
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to be impossible to stop once started
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一盤散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
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lit. like a sheet of loose sand;
fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
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一目瞭然
yī mù liǎo rán
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obvious at a glance (idiom)
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一直以来
yī zhí yǐ lái
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in the past always;
for a long time now;
until now
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一直以來
yī zhí yǐ lái
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in the past always;
for a long time now;
until now
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一直往前
yī zhí wǎng qián
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straight ahead
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一相情愿
yī xiāng qíng yuàn
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one's own wishful thinking
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一相情願
yī xiāng qíng yuàn
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one's own wishful thinking
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一眨眼
yī zhǎ yǎn
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in a wink
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一眼望去
yī yǎn wàng qù
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as far as the eye can see
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一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
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to see through something at first glance (idiom)
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一睹
yī dǔ
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to look;
to have a glimpse at;
to observe (sth's splendor)
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一瞥
yī piē
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glance;
glimpse
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一瞬間
yī shùn jiān
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split second
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一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
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to hit the target with a single shot;
to say something spot on (idiom)
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一石二鸟
yī shí èr niǎo
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to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
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