一个劲 (一個勁)
yī gè jìn
Pinyin
Definition
一个劲 (一個勁)
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- continuously
- persistently
- incessantly
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 one
- 2 1
- 3 single
- 4 a (article)
- 5 as soon as
- 6 entire
- 7 whole
- 8 all
- 9 throughout
- 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
- 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
- 3 one time
- 4 once
- 5 in a while
- 6 all of a sudden
- 7 all at once
- 1 in the same place
- 2 together
- 3 with
- 4 altogether (in total)
- 1 first
- 2 number one
- 3 primary
- 1 one by one
- 2 one after another
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
- 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
- 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
- 1 thoroughly (idiom)
- 2 completely
- 3 one and all
- 4 very clean
一五一十
- 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
Sample Sentences
你怎么跟那个售货员说得一样?一个劲儿怂恿我买裸钻,说这种最保值。
How come you sound just like that salesman? Trying to talk me into buying a diamond, he said this kind keeps its value the best.
就是,中国九亿多农民,国家补贴得过来吗?好多农民种地、养猪都亏钱。所以他们不务农,搞得猪肉短缺,一个劲涨价。
Yeah-- China has nine hundred million peasants. Can the country subsidize them all? A lot of farmers grow crops and raise pigs, and they still lose money. So, they don't do farm work, and there's a shortage of pork. The price keeps going up.
我婆婆老说我肚子小,怕饿坏了孩子,一个劲儿让我吃老母鸡。
My mother-in-law says my stomach is too small. She's afraid the baby will starve. So she's always making me eat more chicken.
但后来刘北北她们知道这事后就一个劲的起 哄我也没法一下子说明白。所以……
But afterwards Liu Beibei and those girls knew about it and relentlessly teased me, I didn't have a chance to explain all at once. So....
是啊。没剩几天了。小家伙一个劲儿地踢我,看来他是等不及要出来了。你家宝宝怎么样?
Yeah! Just a few days left. The little guy is kicking me all the time. Looks like he can't wait to come out. How's your little baby?
They don't give you some kind of magic potion, do they? So exotic. But the people who run casinos definitely hope that their customers will be bowled over. Whether it's gold or silver, they will go gamble it away at all costs.
有个客户一个劲要请我们吃野味。他点了穿山甲、蜥蜴、娃娃鱼、猫头鹰,我之前都没好好看过这些动物,更别提吃了。而且,我觉得这样特别残酷,多可爱的动物,怎么忍心吃它们呢?
There was a client who was constantly trying to take us out for game foods. He ordered pangolin, lizard, giant salamander, and owl. I hadn't even seen these animals, let alone eaten them. And, I think eating such cute animals is really cruel. How can people bear to eat them?