| 惩一儆百 | chéng yī jǐng bǎi | lit punish one, warn one hundred; to make an example of sb (idiom) |
| 惩一警百 | chéng yī jǐng bǎi | lit punish one, warn one hundred; to make an example of sb; also written 惩一儆百 (idiom) |
成功的男人后面必
有一个奉献的女人 | chéng gōng de nán rén hòu mian bì yǒu yī gè fèng xiàn de nǚ rén | Every successful man has a dedicated woman behind him (European proverb). |
| 抹一鼻子灰 | mǒ yī bí zi huī | lit. to rub one's nose with dust; to suffer a snub; to meet with a rebuff |
| 振臂一呼 | zhèn bì yī hū | to issue a call for action; to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call (idiom) |
| 捞一把 | lāo yī bǎ | to profiteer; to gain some underhand advantage |
| 政教合一 | zhèng jiào hé yī | union of religious and political rule; theocracy; Caesaropapism |
| 整齐划一 | zhěng qí huà yī | to be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom) |
| 数一数二 | shǔ yī shǔ èr | to enumerate; reckoned to be first or second best (idiom); one of the very best |
| 文武合一 | wén wǔ hé yī | civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom) |
| 新一代 | xīn yī dài | new generation |
| 日复一日 | rì fù yī rì | day after day |
| 星期一 | xīng qī yī | Monday |
| 春风一度 | chūn fēng yī dù | to have sexual intercourse (once) |
普通高等学校招生
全国统一考试 | pǔ tōng gāo děng xué xiào zhāo shēng quán guó tǒng yī kǎo shì | China's national college entrance examination; usually abbreviated to 高考 |
智者千虑，
必有一失 | zhì zhě qiān lǜ ,
bì yǒu yī shī | lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible |
| 昙花一现 | tán huā yī xiàn | lit. the night blooming cactus shows once; flash in the pan (idiom); short-lived |
| 最后一天 | zuì hòu yī tiān | final day |
| 有一句没一句 | yǒu yī jù méi yī jù | to speak one minute and be quiet the next |
| 有一次 | yǒu yī cì | once; once upon a time |
| 有一点儿 | yǒu yī diǎnr | a bit; a little |
| 朝永・振一郎 | Cháo yǒng · Zhèn yī láng | TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger |
| 未达一间 | wèi dá yī jiàn | differing only slightly; not much between them |
| 本周一 | běn zhōu yī | this Monday |
| 东一榔头西一棒子 | dōng yī láng tóu xī yī bàng zi | banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision |
| 次一个 | cì yī gè | next one (in order) |
| 欢聚一堂 | huān jù yī táng | to gather happily under one roof |
| 正月初一 | zhēng yuè chū yī | New Year's Day in the lunar calendar |
| 步调一致 | bù diào yī zhì | to be united in action |
| 杀一儆百 | shā yī jǐng bǎi | lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres |
| 每一 | měi yī | every |
每一个人都有美中
不足的地方 | měi yī gè rén dōu yǒu měi zhōng bù zú de dì fang | However excellent, everyone has his defects.; There is always a fly in the ointment.; cf idiom 美中不足, everything is fine except for one small defect |
| 每年一度 | měi nián yī dù | once a year (every year) |
| 每周一次 | měi zhōu yī cì | once a week |
| 比一比 | bǐ yi bǐ | to make a comparison; to engage in a contest |
| 水天一色 | shuǐ tiān yī sè | water and sky merge in one color (idiom) |
| 沆瀣一气 | hàng xiè yī qì | to act in collusion (idiom); in cahoots with; villains will look after one another |
| 注音一式 | zhù yīn yī shì | Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1; Bopomofo; abbr. for 国语注音符号第一式 |
| 洞察一切 | dòng chá yī qiè | to see everything clearly |
消除对妇女一切形
式歧视公约 | Xiāo chú duì Fù nǚ Yī qiè Xíng shì Qí shì Gōng yuē | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| 混一 | hùn yī | to amalgamate; to mix together as one |
| 满场一致 | mǎn chǎng yī zhì | unanimous |
| 漆黑一团 | qī hēi yī tuán | all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice |
| 济济一堂 | jǐ jǐ yī táng | to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof |
| 滨田・靖一 | Bīn tián · Jìng yī | HAMADA Yasukazu (1955-), Japanese defense minister from 2008 |
| 火卫一 | huǒ wèi yī | Phobos (first satellite of Mars) |
无一事而不学，
无一时而不学，
无一处而不得 | wú yī shì ér bù xué ,
wú yī shí ér bù xué ,
wú yī chǔ ér bù dé | Study everything, at all times, everywhere (Zhu Xi 朱熹) |
| 牵一发而动全身 | qiān yī fà ér dòng quán shēn | lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves; fig. a slight change will affect everything else; the butterfly effect |
| 猛一看 | měng yī kàn | at first glance; first impression |
| 独一 | dú yī | only; unique |
