Chinese Idioms Containing “一”

Sudden, remarkable success

Nghĩa đen: Bird cry that startles all

Exactly identical

Nghĩa đen: One mold one appearance

Practice what you know

Nghĩa đen: Knowledge and action unite as one

Many twists and turns

Nghĩa đen: One wave three turns

Learn many from one example

Nghĩa đen: Raise one reflect three

Two goals with one action

Nghĩa đen: One stone two birds

Words carry great weight

Nghĩa đen: Words heavy as nine cauldrons

Extremely careful and thorough

Nghĩa đen: Not loose one thread

Miss big picture

Nghĩa đen: Leaf blocks eye

Complete in one effort

Nghĩa đen: One drum make spirit

Small signs show big picture

Nghĩa đen: One leaf know autumn

Complete in one go

Nghĩa đen: Complete in one breath

Keep promises faithfully

Nghĩa đen: One promise thousand gold

Fail due to giving up near the end

Nghĩa đen: Work fails one basket

Brief, fleeting appearance

Nghĩa đen: Night flower appears once

Fight with total commitment having no retreat

Nghĩa đen: Back to water one battle

Disdainfully dismiss as beneath consideration

Nghĩa đen: Not deign one glance

A drop in the bucket; negligible amount

Nghĩa đen: One hair from nine oxen

A refreshing new experience

Nghĩa đen: Ears and eyes completely renewed

Wholeheartedly; with undivided attention

Nghĩa đen: One heart one mind

Capable of taking charge independently

Nghĩa đen: Alone handle one side

Smooth sailing; everything going well

Nghĩa đen: One sail with favorable wind

Press forward courageously

Nghĩa đen: Once going, nothing ahead can stop

False alarm; scare for nothing

Nghĩa đen: Empty fright for nothing

Extremely popular for a time

Nghĩa đen: Wind bending grass for a time

Take in everything at a glance

Nghĩa đen: One glance nothing remaining

Hit the nail on the head; incisive

Nghĩa đen: One needle sees blood

Treat everyone equally without discrimination

Nghĩa đen: One view same benevolence

One of a kind; unique

Nghĩa đen: Unique one without a second

Solve a problem once and for all

Nghĩa đen: One labor forever ease

As always; unchanged

Nghĩa đen: Same as it has always been

Practice what one preaches

Nghĩa đen: Words and actions consistent

Kill two birds with one stone

Nghĩa đen: One action two gains

Clear at a glance; obvious

Nghĩa đen: One look completely clear

Wishful thinking; one-sided assumption

Nghĩa đen: One side's wishful feeling

Be consistent inside and out

Nghĩa đen: Outside and inside as one

A promise once made must be kept

Nghĩa đen: Once a word is spoken

Love at first sight

Nghĩa đen: One glance, feelings concentrate

Absolutely sure; foolproof

Nghĩa đen: Ten thousand without one failure

Be unique; have distinctive style

Nghĩa đen: Alone raise one banner

Have unique style; be distinctive

Nghĩa đen: Separately possess one style

Lead the charge

Nghĩa đen: One horse leads

Learn from mistakes

Nghĩa đen: Gain wisdom through setbacks

Invaluable writing

Nghĩa đen: One word worth a thousand gold

Instant connection

Nghĩa đen: Meet like old friends

Comprehensive approach

Nghĩa đen: Capture all in one net

All-in risk

Nghĩa đen: Stake everything on one throw

Lack of originality

Nghĩa đen: Thousand pieces one pattern

Extreme danger

Nghĩa đen: A thousand jun on one hair

Punish to deter others

Nghĩa đen: Kill one warn a hundred

Foremost; top-ranked

Nghĩa đen: Bend the thumb first

Moral purity

Nghĩa đen: Untouched by a single speck of dust

Influential leadership

Nghĩa đen: One call, hundred responses

Rapid decline

Nghĩa đen: Fall a thousand zhang

Continuity of tradition

Nghĩa đen: One vein mutually inherit

Extremely stingy

Nghĩa đen: Not pluck a single hair

Completely ignorant

Nghĩa đen: Not understand a single aperture

Conceal the truth

Nghĩa đen: Hide the sky with one hand

Free from burdens

Nghĩa đen: Not a thread hanging

Detail everything

Nghĩa đen: Count by fives and tens

Complex situation

Nghĩa đen: Difficult to express in words

Exceptional rarity

Nghĩa đen: One in a hundred

Embrace diversity

Nghĩa đen: Not restricted to one standard

Unnecessary action

Nghĩa đen: Take a superfluous action

Ephemeral dreams

Nghĩa đen: A dream of yellow millet