一堆
yī duī
Pinyin

Definition

一堆
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yī duī
  1. pile

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
一早
yī zǎo
  1. 1 early in the morning
  2. 2 at dawn

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

公司新来的那个实习生，我在问他正经事儿，他给我丢来一堆猥琐的熊猫，我研究了半天也没有看懂他在说什么。
gōngsī xīnlái de nàge shíxísheng ，wǒ zài wèn tā zhèngjīng shì r5 ，tā gěi wǒ diū lái yīduī wěisuǒ de xióngmāo ，wǒ yánjiū le bàntiān yě méiyǒu kàn dǒng tā zài shuō shénme 。
I was asking about work with the new intern in my company when he sent me a bunch of panda emojis that looked sorry or something. After analyzing for half a day, I still didn’t understand his message.
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过去几个共享经济成功的例子，像优步、Airbnb最后还不是衍生一堆问题。没有公德心，怎么共享？我看根本是共业！
guòqù jǐ ge gòngxiǎng jīngjì chénggōng de lìzi ，xiàng yōubù 、Airbnb zuìhòu háibùshì yǎnshēng yīduī wèntí 。méiyǒu gōngdéxīn ，zěnme gòngxiǎng ？wǒ kàn gēnběn shì gòngyè ！
Past successful examples of sharing economy initiatives, like Uber and AirBnB, also led to a load of problems in the end too. If you don't have a common sense of decency, then how can you share? In my eyes it's basically collective karma!
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也没有什么特别的事，就觉得心里特委屈。薪水低，瑣碎的事一堆，上下班通勤时间加起來得花去大半天。
yě méiyǒu shénme tèbié de shì ，jiù juéde xīnli tè wěiqū 。xīnshuǐ dī ，suǒsuì de shì yīduī ，shàngxiàbān tōngqín shíjiān jiā qǐlái děi huā qù dàbàntiān 。
It wasn't anything in particular. I just felt very hard-done by. My salary was low, I had a load of trivial matters to handle and adding the commute to and from work, I was spending over half the day at work.
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这十几年来资金氾滥、利率太低让一堆人炒房，政府对高房价却束手无策。
zhè shíjǐ nián lái zījīn fànlàn 、lìlǜ tài dī ràng yīduīrén chǎofáng ，zhèngfǔ duì gāo fángjià què shùshǒuwúcè 。
In the last decade or two there has been an inundation of capital, and low interest rates have led to a lot of people speculating in real estate. So the government is powerless against high house prices.
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一堆人跑来跑去有什么好看的。遥控给我，我要看日本大胃王比赛。
yīduīrén pǎoláipǎoqù yǒu shénme hǎokànde 。yáokòng gěi wǒ ，wǒ yào kàn Rìběn dàwèiwáng bǐsài 。
What's so good about a bunch of people running back and forth. Give me the remote control, I want to watch the Oogui Big Eater Japanese Eating Competition.
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又是一堆没营养的畅销书，大家就不能看点纯文学吗？至少看看小说嘛。
yòu shì yīduī méi yíngyǎng de chàngxiāoshū ，dàjiā jiù bùnéng kàn diǎn chúnwénxué ma ？zhìshǎo kàn kan xiǎoshuō ma 。
Another load of best-sellers with no intellectual merit whatsoever. Can't everyone read a little classic literature? At least read a novel!
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你眼前不就��堆人？告诉你，我们这儿还是有名的约会书店呢！小情侣吃了晚饭、看了电影，还不想回家，就跑来摆摆文艺青年的样子。别抱怨了，来帮我把这些书上架。
nǐ yǎnqián bù jiù yīduīrén ？gàosu nǐ ，wǒmen zhèr háishì yǒumíng de yuēhuì shūdiàn ne ！xiǎoqínglǚ chī le wǎnfàn 、kàn le diànyǐng ，hái bù xiǎng huíjiā ，jiù pǎo lái bǎi bai wényì qīngnián de yàngzi 。bié bàoyuàn le ，lái bāng wǒ bǎ zhèxiē shū shàng jià 。
Aren't there lots of people here right now? I'm telling you, this is a famous bookstore for dating! After couples have had dinner and gone to see a movie but they don't want to go home yet, they like to come here to keep up their hipster image. Stop complaining, help me put these books on the shelf.
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看看你，被人家忽悠买了一堆不需要的东西，还以为捡了大便宜。你这是被动消费你知道吗？
kàn kan nǐ ，bèi rénjiā hūyou mǎi le yīduī bù xūyào de dōngxi ，hái yǐwéi jiǎn le dà piányi 。nǐ zhè shì bèidòngxiāofèi nǐ zhīdào ma ？
Look at you. You have been duped into buying a pile of stuff you don't need, and you think you got a great bargain. Do you realize this is passive consumerism?
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谁知道呢，这世界真是变化快，说不定哪一天，钱就是一堆废纸了，全世界都用比特币了！
shéizhīdào ne ，zhè shìjiè zhēn shì biànhuà kuài ，shuōbudìng nǎ yītiān ，qián jiùshì yīduī fèizhǐ le ，quánshìjiè dōu yòng bǐtèbì le ！
Who knows? This world is really changing fast. Maybe one day money will become just a pile of worthless paper and the world will all use Bitcoin!
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天啊，一堆内脏啊！太惊悚了！
tiān a ，yīduī nèizàng a ！tài jīngsǒng le ！
Good god! It's a pile of organs! It's terrifying!
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