一字褒貶 yī zì bāo biǎn

concise and powerful style

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
一 yī HSK 1
one; 1; single
字 zì HSK 1
character; symbol; word
褒 bāo
variant of 褒bāo; to praise; to commend
貶 biǎn
to disparage; to demote; to diminish