一等
yī děng
Pinyin

Definition

一等
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yī děng
  1. first class
  2. grade A

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
等
děng
  1. 1 class
  2. 2 rank
  3. 3 grade
  4. 4 equal to
  5. 5 same as
  6. 6 to wait for
  7. 7 to await
  8. 8 et cetera
  9. 9 and so on
  10. 10 et al. (and other authors)
  11. 11 after
  12. 12 as soon as
  13. 13 once
一一
yī yī
  1. 1 one by one
  2. 2 one after another
一下子
yī xià zi
  1. 1 in a short while
  2. 2 all at once
  3. 3 all of a sudden
一些
yī xiē
  1. 1 some
  2. 2 a few
  3. 3 a little
  4. 4 (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一共
yī gòng
  1. 1 altogether
一再
yī zài
  1. 1 repeatedly
一切
yī qiè
  1. 1 everything
  2. 2 every
  3. 3 all
一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
一同
yī tóng
  1. 1 along
  2. 2 together
一味
yī wèi
  1. 1 blindly
  2. 2 invariably
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一定
yī dìng
  1. 1 surely
  2. 2 certainly
  3. 3 necessarily
  4. 4 fixed
  5. 5 a certain (extent etc)
  6. 6 given
  7. 7 particular
  8. 8 must
一手
yī shǒu
  1. 1 a skill
  2. 2 mastery of a trade
  3. 3 by oneself
  4. 4 without outside help
一旦
yī dàn
  1. 1 in case (sth happens)
  2. 2 if
  3. 3 once (sth happens, then...)
  4. 4 when
  5. 5 in a short time
  6. 6 in one day

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
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng
  1. 1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. each person has his own position
  3. 3 each to his own
  4. 4 horses for courses
  5. 5 every kettle has its lid
一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
一刀两断
yī dāo liǎng duàn
  1. 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
yī dāo qiē
  1. 1 lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
  2. 2 one solution fits a diversity of problems
  3. 3 one size fits all
一分一毫
yī fēn yī háo
  1. 1 a tiny bit (idiom)
  2. 2 an iota
一分为二
yī fēn wéi èr
  1. 1 one divides into two
  2. 2 to be two-sided
  3. 3 there are two sides to everything
  4. 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
一切就绪
yī qiè jiù xù
  1. 1 everything in its place and ready (idiom)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
  1. 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call

Sample Sentences

比起小说，他的杂文要更犀利、刻毒一些。攻击时弊，更是一针见血。连毛主席都非常推崇鲁迅，说鲁迅是中国第一等的圣人，硬骨头的斗士。
bǐqǐ xiǎoshuō ，tā de záwén yào gēng xīlì 、kèdú yīxiē 。gōngjī shíbì ，gèng shì yīzhēnjiànxiě 。lián Máo Zhǔxí dōu fēicháng tuīchóng Lǔ Xùn ，shuō Lǔ Xùn shì Zhōngguó dì yī děng de shèngrén ，yìng gútou de dǒushì 。
Compared with his novels, his essays are a bit more sharp and incisive. His attacks on the evils of his time are even more spot-on. Even Chairman Mao really admired Lu Hsun. He said that Lu Hsun was a first-grade Chinese sage, a dauntless warrior!
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预算不足就先等一等，或者别买了
yùsuàn bùzú jiù xiān děngyīděng ，huòzhě bié mǎi le
If there is insufficient budget why not hold back for a while or pass.
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等一等，那个！现在打喷嚏的那个就是我男朋友！
děng yi děng ，nàge ！xiànzài dǎpēntì de nàge jiùshì wǒ nán péngyou ！
Wait a second. That guy! The guy who just sneezed is my boyfriend!
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我们是学校唯一一个五星级话剧社团，而且去年我们参加市级大学生话剧节，赢得了好几个一等奖呢。
wǒmen shì xuéxiào wéiyī yī gè wǔxīngjí huàjù shètuán ，érqiě qùnián wǒmen cānjiā shìjí dàxuésheng huàjù jié ，yíngdé le hǎojǐge yīděngjiǎng ne 。
We are the only five-star drama society. Moreover, last year we took part in a city-level university student drama festival and won several first prizes.
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下面，我们要抽出今晚的一等奖。奖品是欧洲四国游。大家想不想要？
xiàmian ，wǒmen yào chōuchū jīnwǎn de yīděngjiǎng 。jiǎngpǐn shì ōuzhōu sì guó yóu 。dàjiā xiǎng bu xiǎng yào ？
Next, we're going to draw the first place prize. The prize is a four-country tour through Europe. Does everyone want it?
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换句话说是什么造就了X420的与众不同？这是一个非常关键而且非常值得我们深入探讨的话题。我可以告诉大家，正是X420众多的卖点成就了它高人一等的地位。
huànjùhuàshuō shì shénme zàojiù le X sì\'èrlíng de yǔzhòngbùtóng ？zhè shì yī gè fēicháng guānjiàn érqiě fēicháng zhídé wǒmen shēnrù tàntǎo de huàtí 。wǒ kěyǐ gàosu dàjiā ，zhèngshì X sì\'èrlíng zhòngduō de màidiǎn chéngjiù le tā gāorényīděng de dìwèi 。
In other words, what makes the x420 extraordinary? This is a key topic worth exploring very deeply. I can tell all of you that it is precisely the x420's multitude of selling points that gives it such an elite status.
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老公，你要知道，酒后驾车不仅要罚款，还要扣证的。像你这样，醉酒后驾车罪加一等，不仅要罚款和扣证，还要拘留的。而且现在又是严打......
lǎogong ，nǐ yào zhīdào ，jiǔhòu jiàchē bùjǐn yào fákuǎn ，hái yào kòu zhèng de 。xiàng nǐ zhèyàng ，zuìjiǔ hòu jiàchē zuì jiā yī děng ，bùjǐn yào fákuǎn hé to deduct zhèng ，hái yào jūliú de 。érqiě xiànzài yòu shì yándǎ ......
Honey, you know, drunk driving won't just get you a fine. You also lose your license. In your condition, a drunk driver gets charged with a double offense: not only do you get fined and lose your license, you get arrested too. Plus there's a crackdown underway...
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