一气 (一氣)
yī qì
Pinyin

Definition

一气 (一氣)
 - 
yī qì
  1. at one go
  2. at a stretch
  3. for a period of time
  4. forming a gang

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

璐璐，难道你不明白吗？我一直放不下你。想当年你父母不同意我们的婚事，我一气之下跑到广州......
Lùlu ，nándào nǐ bù míngbai ma ？wǒ yīzhí fàngbuxià nǐ 。xiǎngdāngnián nǐ fùmǔ bù tóngyì wǒmen de hūnshì ，wǒ yīqìzhīxià pǎo dào Guǎngzhōu ......
Lulu, can you really not understand? I’ve never been able to let go of you. I’m thinking of when your parents didn’t agree to our marriage, and I ran off to Guangzhou in a fit of anger…
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