一二
yī èr
Pinyin

Definition

一二
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yī èr
  1. one or two
  2. a few

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

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

我呢，对历史没有什么研究，不过对第二次世界大战还是略知一二，据我所知法西斯特别不是个东西！
wǒ ne ，duì lìshǐ méiyǒu shénme yánjiū ，bùguò duì dìèrcì shìjiè dàzhàn háishì lüèzhīyīèr ，jùwǒsuǒzhī Fǎxīsī tèbié bùshì gè dōngxi ！
As to me, I'm not that well-versed in history, but I know a thing or two about World War II, and as far as I am aware, fascism wasn't really a specific thing.
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电瓶车跟烧油排废气的摩托车根本不在一个水平上，怎么能放在一起比？虽然它号称是拿一二五机车当对手，但那也是为了给普罗大众一个参考值罢了。
diànpíngchē gēn shāo yóu pái fèiqì de mótuōchē gēnběn bùzài yī gè shuǐpíng shàng ，zěnme néng fàng zài yīqǐ bǐ ？suīrán tā hàochēng shì ná yī èr wǔjīchē dāng duìshǒu ，dàn nà yě shì wèile gěi pǔluódàzhòng yī gè cānkǎozhí bàle 。
Battery-powered scooters and petrol-burning air polluting motorcycles aren't in the same class. How can you compare them? Although they say that it is a competitor of 125cc scooters, that's really just to give the average man on the street a point of reference.
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生活哪有十全十美的，能看到一二的快乐，不就足够了吗？
shēnghuó nǎ yǒu shíquánshíměi de ，néng kàndào yīèr de kuàilè ，bù jiù zúgòu le ma ？
Life is not perfect, isn’t it good enough there is some happiness?
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初一二班
chū yī èr bān
chūyīèrbān (junior middle school first grade, second class)
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所以啊，四大美女生活在不同时代，标准差得太远，而且长相什么的只存在于人们的想象当中。要想分出个一二三，真的是无解啊。
suǒyǐ a ，sìdàměinǚ shēnghuó zài bùtóng shídài ，biāozhǔn chà de tài yuǎn ，érqiě zhǎngxiàng shénme de zhǐ cúnzài yú rénmen de xiǎngxiàng dāngzhōng 。yào xiǎng fēnchū ge yī\'èrsān ，zhēnde shì wújiě a 。
The Four Great Beauties lived in different eras in which standards of beauty were really different. On top of that, their actual appearance only exists within peoples' imaginations. Therefore, ranking them is an impossible task.
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