大一
dà yī
Pinyin

Definition

大一
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dà yī
  1. first-year university student

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

你说的也没错。对了，林太太，你们家女儿比我儿子大一岁是吧？上幼儿园了没有？
nǐ shuō de yě méi cuò 。duìle ，Lín tàitai ，nǐmen jiā nǚér bǐ wǒ érzi dàyīsuì shì ba ？shàng yòuéryuán le méiyǒu ？
You're not wrong. Oh yes, Mrs Lin, your daughter is a year older than my son, right? Has she started kindergarten yet?
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还要大一点的。
hái yào dà yīdiǎn de 。
Also one that's quite big.
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你是大一新生吗？对话剧感兴趣吗？我们话剧社就在前面篮球场招募新人，这是我们的传单，请看一下。
nǐ shì dàyī xīnshēng ma ？duì huàjù gǎn xìngqù ma ？wǒmen huàjùshè jiù zài qiánmian lánqiúchǎng zhāomù xīnrén ，zhè shì wǒmen de chuándān ，qǐng kàn yīxià 。
Are you a first-year student? Are you interested in drama? Our drama society is recruiting new people in front of the basketball court. This is our leaflet. Please take a look.
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那是因为你们都是大一的新生。我大一的时候也很乖。不信你问小雨。
nà shì yīnwèi nǐmen dōu shì dàyī de xīnshēng 。wǒ dàyī de shíhou yě hěn guāi 。bùxìn nǐ wèn Xiǎoyǔ 。
That's because you are all new first-year students. When I was a first-year, I was well-behaved too. If you don't believe me, ask Xiaoyu.
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