Chinese | English |
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一不做,二不休 /yī bù zuò | in for a penny, in for a pound(Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof) |
yī zhī xiǎomāo zuò fēijī/ noun | eeny, meeny, miny, moe(similar children's counting-out games in other languages) |
一个巴掌拍不响 /yī ge bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng/ phrase | it takes two to tango(some things need the active cooperation of two parties) |
没有人是一座孤岛 /méiyǒu rén shì yī zuò gūdǎo/ phrase | no man is an island(all people are dependent on other people) |
不被看好的一方 /bù bèi kàn hǎo de yī fāng/ noun | underdog [underdogs](competitor thought unlikely to win) |
迟做总比不做好 /chí zuò zǒng bǐ bù zuò hǎo/ adverb | better late than never(it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all) |
罗马不是一日建成的 /Luómǎ bù shì yī rì jiàn chéng de/ phrase | Rome wasn't built in a day(it takes a long time to create something complicated or impressive) |
銥 /yī/ noun | iridium(chemical element) |
伊 /yī/ pronoun | he(personal pronoun "he") she(person) |
一 /yī/ noun | top [tops](gay sexual slang: gay man who likes to penetrate in sex) |
一 /yī/ adjective | mono-(one) uni-(one) |
一 /yī/ numeral | one(cardinal number 1) |
咿 /yī/ noun | creak [creaks](the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking) |
医 /yī/ adjective | medical(of the practice of medicine) |
欹 /yī/ noun | interjection [interjections](exclamation or filled pause in grammar) |
钚 /bù/ noun | plutonium(chemical element) |
簿 /bù/ noun | directory [directories](list of names, addresses etc.) |
埠 /bù/ noun | port [ports](computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) |
钸 /bù/ noun | plutonium(chemical element) |
...不 /...bù.../ conjunction | whether(if, whether or not) |
不 /bù/ verb | doesn't(does not) don't(do not) |
不 /bù/ participle | no(used to show disagreement or negation) |
不 /bù/ adjective | un-(violative of; contrary to) |
不 /bù/ adverb | not(negates meaning of verb) |
布 /bù/ noun | cloth [cloths](woven fabric) material [materials](cloth) paper [papers](open hand in the game of rock paper scissors) rag [rags](piece of cloth) |
部 /bù/ noun | cell [cells](small group of people forming part of a larger organization) department [departments](subdivision of organization) ministry [ministries](government department) |
步 /bù/ noun | step [steps](pace) |
唑 /zuò/ noun | azole(organic compound) |
作 /zuò/ verb | act [acted, acting, acts](to do something) do [did, done, doing, does](perform, execute) |
坐 /zuò/ verb | ride [rode, ridden, riding, rides](to be transported in a vehicle as a passenger) sit down(to assume a sitting position from a standing position) |
做 /zuò/ verb | act [acted, acting, acts](to do something) do [did, done, doing, does](perform, execute) get up to(to do something, especially something that you should not do) make [made, made, making, makes](to construct) |
yī fēn huò/ phrase | you get what you pay for(quality of goods increases as the prices increases) |
一时 /yī shí/ noun | one o'clock(the start of the second hour) |
一楼 /yī lóu/ noun | first floor [first floors](floor at the level of the street) ground floor [ground floors](floor of a building closest to ground level) |
一点 /yī diǎn/ noun | one o'clock(the start of the second hour) |
一群 /yī qún/ noun | battery [batteries](array of similar things) |