一向
yī xiàng
Pinyin

Definition

一向
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yī xiàng
  1. always (previously)
  2. a period of time in the recent past

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

我运气一向很好的。
wǒ yùnqi yīxiàng hěn hǎo de 。
I've always been very lucky.
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你昨天晚上是怎么回事，不是一向酒量很好吗？怎么喝了三杯红酒就醉了。
nǐ zuótiān wǎnshang shì zěnmehuíshì ，bùshì yīxiàng jiǔliàng hěn hǎo ma ？zěnme hē le sān bēi hóngjiǔ jiù zuì le 。
What was wrong with you last night? You've always been able to take your alcohol, no? How did you get drunk from just three glasses of red wine?
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他一向是个很四海的人，走到哪都有人称他一声大哥。
tā yīxiàng shì gè hěn sìhǎi de rén ，zǒudào nǎ dōu yǒurén chēng tā yīshēng dàgē 。
He has always had a very wide social circle. Wherever he goes there is always someone referring to him as "big bro".
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货币贬值了，进口成本就增加，这是一定的，但我们公司一向有固定合作的厂商，一次签订长期合约，比较不会受到市场短期临时波动的影响。
huòbì biǎnzhí le ，jìnkǒu chéngběn jiù zēngjiā ，zhè shì yīdìng de ，dàn wǒmen gōngsī yīxiàng yǒu gùdìng hézuò de chǎngshāng ，yīcì qiāndìng chángqī héyuē ，bǐjiào bùhuì shòudào shìchǎng duǎnqī línshí bōdòng de yǐngxiǎng 。
When the currency depreciates, import costs rise, that's for sure, but our company has always had fixed cooperative relations with factories. So we sign long-term contracts, which means that we're less subject to short-term fluctuations on the market.
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你说的是深圳走私船只撞击公安缉私快艇的新闻吧？我也看到那条新闻了。深圳、广州沿海一带地区的走私活动一向最为猖獗，这些地区也一直是国家缉私的重点。可是现在走私分子太狡猾了，缉私战士们的任务也越来越重。
nǐ shuō de shì Shēnzhèn zǒusī chuánzhi zhuàngjī gōngān jīsī kuàitǐng de xīnwén ba ？wǒ yě kàndào nà tiáo xīnwén le 。Shēnzhèn 、Guǎngzhōu yánhǎi yīdài dìqū de zǒusī huódòng yīxiàng zuì wèi chāngjué ，zhèxiē dìqū yě yīzhí shì guójiā jīsī de zhòngdiǎn 。kěshì xiànzài zǒusī fènzǐ tài jiǎohuá le ，jīsī zhànshìmen de rènwu yě yuèláiyuè zhóng 。
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