一夜情
yī yè qíng
Pinyin
Definition
一夜情
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- one night stand
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
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
是啊,现在的婚姻真的很脆弱。好多人都过分强调个人感情,追求一时的新鲜和刺激。什么网恋、婚外情、一夜情、还有闪婚,社会上的诱惑实在太多了,好多人都抵挡不住。所以现在中国人的感情出轨机率高得惊人。我有一个朋友结婚才一年就有了婚外情,接着就是夫妻俩闹离婚。
Yeah, marriages today are really fragile. A lot of people care too much about personal emotion, so they go looking for something fresh and stimulating for a short time. So now China has a surprisingly high level of failed relationships. I have a friend who had an affair after just a year of marriage. Then he and his wife had a big fight, and got divorced.
真有你的,你不干特工真是可惜了。唉,有个美女朝我们走过来了,她会不会请我跳舞啊,会不会发生一夜情什么的?
You're really something. It's a shame you're not a secret service agent yourself. Hey, there's a pretty girl walking towards us. Do you think she'll ask me to dance? Maybe we'll have a one night stand or something.