一阵子 (一陣子)
yī zhèn zi
Pinyin
Definition
一阵子 (一陣子)
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- a while
- a spell
- a short time
- a burst
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 same
- 2 like
- 3 equal to
- 4 the same as
- 5 just like
- 1 straight (in a straight line)
- 2 continuously
- 3 always
- 4 from the beginning of ... up to ...
- 5 all along
- 1 in the same place
- 2 together
- 3 with
- 4 altogether (in total)
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
嘿!小胖,好久不见,有一阵子没看到你了,健身可是不能偷懒的!
Hey! Fatboy, long time no see. It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, but one really can’t fall behind when it comes to working out!
所以有一阵子我每次看到我妹就会想起去年分手的情景...我从此以后再也不想跟情人节有什么关联了...
So for a period of time every time I saw my little sister I would think back to the scene of the break-up... And from that time onward, I've wanted nothing to do with Valentine's Day.
卡卡不就说了吗?前一阵子他接受媒体采访,回顾当年赢得金球奖,他说他是最后一个获奖的地球人。
Didn't Kaká say just that? When he was interviewed recently, looking back on the year he won the Ballon d'Or, he said he was the last winner to be "born on this planet."
嗯,今年大二啊?不错,我们虽然是找工读生,但是我喜欢稳定一点的,最好是能做上一阵子的,一直训练新人很麻烦。
You are in second year of university now? Although we're looking for students who want to work part time, I like a bit of stability. It's good if you can work here for a while, as constantly training up new recruits is such a hassle.
我们也闹过一阵子。两个人都像吃了炸药似的,一点就着。
We also fought a lot for awhile. It was like the two of us had eaten dynamite; any little thing would set us off.
也不知道算不算。有一阵子老是看对方不顺眼,简直是大吵三六九,小吵天天有。
I'm not sure if you could call it that exactly. There was a while when we just got on each other's nerves, with major fights every week and little ones every day.
还行吧!韩寒、郭敬明、张悦然的作品我都看过。都是上中学的时候看的。我有一阵子还特别想辍学创作小说呢!
It's all right. I've read Han Han, Guo Jingming, and Zhang Yueran's works. I read them all when I was in middle school. There was a period of time during which I really wanted to drop out of school and write fiction!
流行语嘛,就是流行一阵子,有时代特色。用的人太多就用滥了,自然会有更“给力”的词来代替它。就像改革开放初期说的“下海”。现在你改行了,创业了,还说“下海”的话,别人肯定要笑你老土。
It's popular slang. It'll only be popular for a little while. It's characteristic of the times. If too many people use it, it'll get old and naturally there'll be a new, more 'geili' word to use in its place. It's like when right after the opening and reform, people said 'to jump into the ocean'. Now, if someone changes occupations or starts a business and they still stay 'to jump into the ocean', other people will definitely laugh at them for being so old and uncool.
有一阵子听说全世界的小朋友都在看《哈利·波特》,就给弟弟买了3本。没想到他喜欢得不得了,后来就都买了。我也觉得挺棒的。你看过吗?
I heard that before we know it every kid in the world is reading Harry Potter, so I bought three of the books for my little brother. I never realized he would like them so much, so in the end i bought him the whole set. I think they are pretty good too. Have you read them before?
现在世界局势紧张,没准儿过一阵子,只有两极地区是安全的处女地了。就算不是南非,别的国家也会去占领的。它南非只是近水楼台先得月罢了。
These days, the world situation is very tense. Who knows-- in no time at all, maybe the Poles will be the only safe places! Even if it weren't South Africa, other countries would go claim it. South Africa just got it first because they start out from a favorable position.