一了百了
yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
Pinyin

Definition

一了百了
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yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
  1. once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved
  2. death ends all one's troubles

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
了
le
  1. 1 (completed action marker)
  2. 2 (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. 3 (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
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

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

Sample Sentences

对对对，你就像那唐朝贵妃，可是真真儿的美人儿呢，现在这都是什么审美啊？什么A4腰啊，苹果4腿的，再这么折腾下去干脆饿死得了，一了百了。
duìduìduì ，nǐ jiù xiàng nà Tángcháo guìfēi ，kěshì zhēn zhēnr de měirénr ne ，xiànzài zhè dōu shì shénme shěnměi ā ？shénme À yāo ā ，píngguǒ 4 tuǐ de ，zài zhème zhēteng xiàqu gāncuì è sǐ dé le ，yīliǎobǎiliǎo 。
Yes, yes. You're like a Tang Dynasty imperial concubine, a real beauty. What kind of aesthetic is there around nowadays? With the waist only as wide as an A4 sheet of paper, and legs as thin as the iPhone 4. If we keep on torturing each other like this, we may as well just starve to death and be done with it.
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