一字褒貶 yī zì bāo biǎn

DEFINITIONS

  1. dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom)
  2. concise and powerful style

CHARACTERS

一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
字 zì
HSK 1
letter, character, word
褒 bāo praise, commend, honor, cite
貶 biǎn decrease, lower; censure, criticize