一发不可收拾 (一發不可收拾)
yī fā bù kě shōu shi
Pinyin

Definition

一发不可收拾 (一發不可收拾)
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yī fā bù kě shōu shi
  1. once it gets started there's no stopping it

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)
不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
可
kě
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 may
  3. 3 able to
  4. 4 to approve
  5. 5 to permit
  6. 6 to suit
  7. 7 (particle used for emphasis) certainly
  8. 8 very

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

第一次看还是阴差阳错地陪老人家去公园组织的老电影放映会，谁知我第一眼就爱上了，从此一发不可收拾。
dìyīcì kàn háishi yīnchāyángcuò de péi lǎorénjiā qù gōngyuán zǔzhī de lǎodiànyǐng fàngyìnghuì ，shéizhī wǒ dìyīyǎn jiù àishàng le ，cóngcǐ yīfābùkěshōushi 。
The first time I watched an old movie, was at a screening party at a park when I accompanied an elderly. Who could guess that I would fall in love with it at first sight, and can be controlled since.
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我觉得事情没有这么黑白分明的，当然希腊的财政体质不好，再加上政府隐匿公债数字，假造数据，使得金融海啸之后整个情况一发不可收拾。
wǒ juéde shìqing méiyǒu zhème hēibáifēnmíng de ，dāngrán xīlà de cáizhèng tǐzhì bù hǎo ，zài jiāshang zhèngfǔ yǐnnì gōngzhài shùzì ，jiǎzào shùjù ，shǐde jīnróng hǎixiào zhīhòu zhěnggè qíngkuàng yīfābù kěshōushi 。
I think it's not as black and white as all that. Of course, Greek's financial system is bad and the government was hiding the amount of public debt and faking figures, leading to the entire situation after the global financial crisis to snowball.
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