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"the only way" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
必经之路 必經之路 bì jīng zhī lù (idiom) the road one must follow / the only way
Chinese Pinyin Translation
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless syn
不二法门 不二法門 bù èr fǎ mén the one and only way / the only proper course to take syn
呗 唄 bei modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way syn
四谛 四諦 sì dì the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
苦集灭道 苦集滅道 kǔ jí miè dào the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4] / also called 四諦|四谛[si4 di4]
生路 shēng lù a way to make a living / a way to survive / a way out of a predicament syn
双向时间 雙向時間 two-way traveltime / two-way transit time / two-way time
仅仅 僅僅 jǐn jǐn barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more) syn
不光 bù guāng not the only one / not only syn
仅次于 僅次于 jǐn cì yú second only to ... / ranking behind only ... syn
唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique syn
只消 zhǐ xiāo to only need / it only takes
临阵磨枪 臨陣磨槍 lín zhèn mó qiāng lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom) / fig. to make preparations only at the last moment syn
业精于勤 業精於勤 yè jīng yú qín mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect.
略识之无 略識之無 lüè shí zhī wú semiliterate / only knows words of one syllable / lit. to know only 之[zhi1] and 無|无[wu2] syn
偷鸡不成蚀把米 偷雞不成蝕把米 tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn
敬酒不吃吃罚酒 敬酒不吃吃罰酒 jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
仅听到 僅聽到 heard only / H only
非你莫属 非你莫屬 fēi nǐ mò shǔ it's yours exclusively (idiom) / you are the one / only you deserve it / only you can do it
单传 單傳 dān chuán to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
唯二 wéi èr (slang) (adjective) (of one thing) one of the only two / (of two things) the only two
不要在一棵树上吊死 不要在一棵樹上吊死 bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat
不二 bù èr the only (choice, way etc) / undivided (loyalty)
想法 xiǎng fǎ way of thinking / opinion / notion / to think of a way (to do sth) syn
一路 yī lù the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind syn
出路 chū lù a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement / a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
霸道 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent syn
王道 wáng dào the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 syn
带路 帶路 dài lù to lead the way / to guide / to show the way / (fig.) to instruct syn
退路 tuì lù a way out / a way to retreat / leeway syn
吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
沿路 yán lù along the way / on the way / area beside a road
逆行 nì xíng to go the wrong way / to go against one-way traffic regulation
道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
活路 huó lù through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence syn
民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) / no way of getting by syn
鸣锣开道 鳴鑼開道 míng luó kāi dào to beat the gong to clear the way / (fig.) to pave the way for sth syn
钻 鑽 zuān to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain syn
亘 亙 gèn extending all the way across / running all the way through
名正言顺 名正言順 míng zhèng yán shùn in a way that justifies the use of the term / genuine / proper / in a way that conforms to logic / justifiable / appropriate / perfectly legitimate syn
置之死地而后生 置之死地而後生 zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1zi3 Bing1fa3]) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle / to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger / to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
披荆斩棘 披荊斬棘 pī jīng zhǎn jí lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom) / fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way / to break through hardships / to blaze a new trail syn
天无绝人之路 天無絕人之路 tiān wú jué rén zhī lù Heaven never bars one's way (idiom) / don't despair and you will find a way through. / Never give up hope. / Never say die.
走自己的路，让人家去说 走自己的路，讓人家去說 zǒu zì jǐ de lù , ràng rén jiā qù shuō Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche) / Do it my way.
躲让 躲讓 duǒ ràng to step aside (for a passing vehicle) / to get out of the way / to make way for
五斗米道 wǔ dǒu mǐ dào Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement) / Way of the Celestial Master
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥 你走你的陽關道，我過我的獨木橋 nǐ zǒu nǐ de yáng guān dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom) / fig. you go your way, I'll go mine / you do it your way, I'll do it mine
人往高处走，水往低处流 人往高處走，水往低處流 rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
玩法 wán fǎ to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place
一路上 yī lù shàng along the way / the whole way / (fig.) the whole time
路遇 lù yù to meet (sb) by chance on the way somewhere / to encounter (sth) on the way somewhere
就是 jiù shì exactly / precisely / only / simply / just / (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even / even if syn
不过 不過 bù guò only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) syn
而且 ér qiě (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore syn
只是 zhǐ shì merely / only / just / nothing but / simply / but / however syn
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt syn
只能 zhǐ néng can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice syn
不仅 不僅 bù jǐn not just / not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) syn
唯一 wéi yī only / sole syn
不但 bù dàn not only (... but also ...) syn
开通 開通 kāi tōng to open (a new road or railway line) / to set up (a hotline) / to launch (a service) / to subscribe to (a members-only service) syn
仅供 僅供 jǐn gōng only for
只不过 只不過 zhǐ bu guò only / merely / nothing but / no more than / it's just that ... syn
罢了 罷了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) syn
偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn
单一 單一 dān yī single / only / sole syn
不只 bù zhǐ not only / not merely syn
唯有 wéi yǒu only syn
但愿 但願 dàn yuàn if only (sth were possible) / I wish (that) syn
独有 獨有 dú yǒu to own exclusively / unique to / specific / there is only
点缀 點綴 diǎn zhuì to decorate / to adorn / sprinkled / studded / only for show syn
方能 fāng néng can then (and only then)
只顾 只顧 zhǐ gù to focus solely on / to pay attention only to / to be preoccupied with syn
迷糊 mí hu muddle-headed / dazed / only half conscious syn
单单 單單 dān dān only / merely / just syn
非但 fēi dàn not only syn
不单 不單 bù dān not the only / not merely / not simply syn
无非 無非 wú fēi only / nothing else syn
天机 天機 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret syn
必经 必經 bì jīng unavoidable / the only (road, entrance etc)
单子 單子 dān zǐ the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad syn
顺理成章 順理成章 shùn lǐ chéng zhāng logical / only to be expected / rational and clearly structured (of text) syn
只读 只讀 zhǐ dú (computing) read-only
孟子 mèng zǐ Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius / book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
清茶 qīng chá green tea / only tea (without food)
独生子女 獨生子女 dú shēng zǐ nǚ an only child syn
惟独 惟獨 wéi dú only / solely / this one alone syn
方知 fāng zhī to realize only then
大同小异 大同小異 dà tóng xiǎo yì virtually the same / differing only on small points syn
绝无仅有 絕無僅有 jué wú jǐn yǒu one and only (idiom) / rarely seen / unique of its kind syn
贪玩 貪玩 tān wán to only want to have a good time / to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline
急功近利 jí gōng jìn lì seeking instant benefit (idiom) / shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return syn
内参 內參 nèi cān restricted document, available only to certain individuals such as high-ranking Party officials (abbr. for 內部參考|内部参考) / (literary) palace eunuch syn
节度使 節度使 jié dù shǐ Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn
一枝独秀 一枝獨秀 yī zhī dú xiù lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding syn
无独有偶 無獨有偶 wú dú yǒu ǒu not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.) / not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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