一抓一大把
yī zhuā yī dà bǎ
Pinyin

Definition

一抓一大把
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yī zhuā yī dà bǎ
  1. a dime a dozen
  2. a great deal of

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
一样
yī yàng
  1. 1 same
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 equal to
  4. 4 the same as
  5. 5 just like
一直
yī zhí
  1. 1 straight (in a straight line)
  2. 2 continuously
  3. 3 always
  4. 4 from the beginning of ... up to ...
  5. 5 all along
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)

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

这就是卖点嘛。娱乐圈美女一抓一大把，但是变性美女有几个？所以她就一炮而红了。
zhè jiùshì màidiǎn ma 。yúlèquān měinǚ yī zhuāyīdàbǎ ，dànshì biànxìng měinǚ yǒu jǐ ge ？suǒyǐ tā jiù yīpào érhóng le 。
That's her selling point. In the entertainment industry, pretty girls are a dime a dozen. But how many post-sex-change-beauties are there? So she got famous in no time at all.
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没用的，现在的大学生一抓一大把，工资要求一个比一个低。如今的公司都讲求利润效益，节省成本，经验优势比不上成本优势。
méiyòng de ，xiànzài de dàxuéshēng yīzhuāyīdàbǎ ，gōngzī yāoqiú yī ge bǐ yī ge dī 。rújīn de gōngsī dōu jiǎngqiú lìrùn xiàoyì ，jiéshěng chéngběn ，jīngyàn yōushì bǐbushàng chéngběn yōushì 。
It's useless. There are tons of college grads these days. Their salary requirements are just too competitive. These days companies only think about profit margins and cutting costs. Having experience is far less advantageous than keeping cost low.
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