一窝蜂 (一窩蜂)
yī wō fēng
Pinyin
Definition
一窝蜂 (一窩蜂)
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- like a swarm of bees
- everyone swarms around pushing and shouting
- a hornet's nest
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
- 1 one by one
- 2 one after another
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
有,肯定有人会买。尤其是你们女孩子,一听说什么能减肥,肯定一窝蜂都去买。
Yeah. There are definitely some people who will buy it. Especially you ladies, as soon as you hear something can help you lose weight, you'll definitely swarm to buy it.
所以啊,我觉得没有必要一窝蜂地去赶时髦。孩子的成长有自己的规律,切忌拔苗助长。而且早教班的费用也不便宜啊。
I don't think there's any rush to follow this trend. A child's maturation has its own natural progression; you absolutely must avoid rushing the process. Early education fees aren't cheap, either.
那你今年要失望了,他拍了一部武侠传奇片,完全颠覆了以往的风格。我真不明白为什么中国导演现在一窝蜂地去拍这类电影。还是王家卫坚持自我,不同题材都能拍得非常有自己的个性。
Well, this year you are going to be disappointed because he shot a medieval period style film instead. It's completely different from his previous style. I really don't understand why all the Chinese directors are flocking to this type of film now. Wang Kar-wai has stayed true to himself. He can make movies about different themes that all have his own personal ``stamp."
大概很多人都像你这么想吧,所以一到十一黄金周,大家都一窝蜂地出去旅游,结果不仅交通变得十分拥挤,机票车票很难预定,而且旅游胜地也是人山人海,根本无法真正地享受旅游的乐趣。对我来说,旅游高峰期的时候出去玩,简直是受罪。
可是现在读MBA啊,就和当年读大学一样,很多人只是觉得MBA毕业了就意味着找到了金饭碗,所以才一窝蜂地去学。就算学费再贵,也有不少的人宁愿挤破头地去争取。我表哥对此则显得比较冷静,觉得还是真正能学到东西更为重要。
But studying for an MBA these days is like college used to be: a lot of people think that once they've graduated, it'll be like they've found a ``golden rice bowl." That's the only reason they rush blindly off to study. No matter how high the tuition is, there will always be a lot of people willing to go all out to get accepted. My cousin is actually pretty cool toward all this stuff. He thinks it's better to actually be able to learn something.