ChinesePod

1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
2 scrupulous attention to detail

一板三眼

yī bǎn sān yǎn

1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail

一波未平，一波又起

yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ

1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
2 many twists and turns to a story
3 one thing after another

一碗水端平

yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
2 fig. to be impartial

一马平川

yī mǎ píng chuān

1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

Sample Sentences

飞机起飞时应该打开遮光板嘛，这是基本常识好不好？还有你这座椅靠背也得给调直了，手机还有平板电脑都得关起来，还不能用飞行模式的。

fēijī qǐfēi shí yīnggāi dǎkāi zhēguāngbǎn ma ，zhè shì jīběn chángshí hǎobuhǎo ？háiyǒu nǐ zhè zuòyǐ kàobèi yě děi gěi tiáo zhí le ，shǒujī háiyǒu píngbǎn diànnǎo dōu děi guān qilai ，hái bùnéng yòng fēixíng móshì de 。

When the airplane is taking off you have to open the shade. Isn’t that basic common sense? And you have to adjust the seatback so it is upright, as well as turning off your mobile phone and tablet computer. You can’t yet use airplane mode.

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行李里面有笔记型电脑、手机、平板等诸如此类的电子用品吗？有的话请拿出来，分别放在篮子里过X光机姑娘，里头有电子用品吗？口袋里的也拿出来。

xíngli lǐmiàn yǒu bǐjìxíngdiànnǎo 、shǒujī 、píngbǎn děng zhūrúcǐlèi de diànzǐ yòngpǐn ma ？yǒu dehuà qǐng ná chūlái ，fēnbié fàng zài lánzi lǐ guò X guāngjī gūniang ，lǐtou yǒu diànzǐyòngpǐn ma ？kǒudài lǐ de yě ná chūlái 。

Have you got any electronic goods such as laptops, mobile phones, or tablets? If you have, please take them out, and put them in separate baskets to go through the X ray machine.

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我醒来后做两三个平板，冥想十分钟，出卧室后干搓脸半分钟，头脑清晰后，马上投入到看书、写文、锻炼或做早餐中去，那开了个好头的一天就有好彩头。

wǒ xǐnglái hòu zuò liǎng sān gè píngbǎn ，míngxiǎng shí fēnzhōng ，chū wòshì hòu gān cuō liǎn bàn fēnzhōng ，tóunǎo qīngxī hòu ，mǎshàng tóurù dào kànshū 、xiěwén 、duànliàn huò zuò zǎocān zhōng qù ，nà kāi le gè hǎo tóu de yītiān jiù yǒu hǎocǎitóu 。

When I wake up, I do a couple of planks and meditate for ten minutes. I leave my bedroom and give myself a face massage for half a minute. When I'm fully awake, I launch myself into either reading, writing or breakfast making. With such a great start to the day, it's inevitable that I'm going to have a great day ahead of me.

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你还真的落伍了，现在没有人在电视上看连续剧了，大家都用手机或平板追剧，一次看好几集，公车、地铁上随时随地都能看。

nǐ hái zhēnde luòwǔ le ，xiànzài méiyǒurén zài diànshì shàng kàn liánxùjù le ，dàjiā dōu yòng shǒujī huò píngbǎn zhuī jù ，yīcì kàn hǎojǐ jí ，gōngchē 、dìtiě shàng suíshí suídì dōu néng kàn 。

Then you're really behind the times, no-one watches series on TV anymore, everyone uses their mobile phone or tablet to follow dramas, and they watch a bunch of episodes in one go, and watch them anywhere at anytime, on the bus and on the MRT.

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那不一样，iPhone是手机，iPad是平板电脑。

nà bù yīyàng ，iPhone shì shǒujī ，iPad shì píngbǎn diànnǎo 。

They're not the same. The iPhone is a cell phone. The iPad is a tablet computer.

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