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  *一* | 一* | *一
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
HSK 1
one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc)
HSK 4
to unify; to integrate / unified; integrated
HSK 4
just in case / if by any chance / contingency
HSK 4
single / only / sole
HSK 5
only; sole
HSK 5
identical; the same
HSK 6
consistent / the same / unvarying
HSK 6
one by one; one after another
HSK 7-9
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case / prepared for any eventualities
first-year university student
union of religious and political rule / theocracy / Caesaropapism
7-Eleven (convenience store chain)
unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
PRC National Day (October 1st)
eleven / 11
faultless / impeccable
Monday
first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school
to vary / to differ
5-1 (May 1st)
2-in-1 / two-in-one
one of the given (options etc) / the first / firstly
first under heaven / number one in the country
one eighth
to speak plainly; to speak one's mind; to say directly
outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems / saying one thing but meaning sth different
one by one
uniform / to standardize
single-minded / concentrated
only / unique
one in a hundred / cream of the crop
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation
external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means / to think and act as one
to merge together (idiom); to unify disparate elements into one whole
nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done
heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself / saying one thing but meaning sth different
electro-weak interaction in fermion particle physics
one-to-one; one-on-one
variant of 唯一
first / most important; primary; foremost
lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think / honest and straightforward
civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom)
the first
even / uniform / homogeneous
Monday
one half
uniform
one-quarter
one tenth
one seventh
ranked number one in the world / the world's first
to amalgamate / to mix together as one
three in one / triple
to masturbate (slang)
regardless of the consequences / recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
buy one, get one free / two for the price of one
(coll.) top-notch; first-rate; outstanding
another / the other
New Year's Day in the lunar calendar
one sixth
front cover
Monday
any / either
peaceful reunification
to be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom)
who cares / no matter what / regardless of the consequences
better to be safe than sorry (proverb) / to be prepared just in case
reunification
Phobos (moon of Mars), aka Mars I
(astronomy) Spica
one fifth
oneness of heaven and humanity / the theory that man is an integral part of nature
when the circumference is three, the diameter is (approximately) one
Io (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter I
HAMADA Yasukazu (1955-), Japanese defense minister from 2008
(idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says
one third
one ninth
(soccer) one-two / push-and-run
accidentally / once in a while / very occasionally
world's first
to be just about to / to have just started to
to unite
united as one / e pluribus unum
Kiichi Miyazawa (1919-2007), former Japanese prime minister
as soon as / immediately after
to form a cohesive whole / to fuse together
(idiom) to say one thing and do another


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