| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 只 | 只 | zhǐ | zhi3 | only; merely; just; but; variant of 只 ; variant of 只 | ||
| 2 | 只有 | 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | zhi3 you3 | only | ||
| 3 | 只是 | 只是 | zhǐ shì | zhi3 shi4 | merely; simply; only; but | ||
| 4 | 只要 | 只要 | zhǐ yào | zhi3 yao4 | if only; so long as | ||
| 5 | 只能 | 只能 | zhǐ néng | zhi3 neng2 | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice | ||
| 6 | 只好 | 只好 | zhǐ hǎo | zhi3 hao3 | without any better option; to have to; to be forced to | ||
| 7 | 只不过 | 祇不過 | zhǐ bù guò | zhi3 bu4 guo4 | only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... | ||
| 8 | 只得 | 只得 | zhǐ dé | zhi3 de2 | to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to | ||
| 9 | 只顾 | 只顧 | zhǐ gù | zhi3 gu4 | solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect | ||
| 10 | 不只 | 不只 | bù zhǐ | bu4 zhi3 | not only; not merely | ||
| 11 | 只管 | 只管 | zhǐ guǎn | zhi3 guan3 | solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | ||
| 12 | 只怕 | 只怕 | zhǐ pà | zhi3 pa4 | I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely | ||
| 13 | 只此一遭 | 只此一遭 | zhǐ cǐ yī zāo | zhi3 ci3 yi1 zao1 | for once in one's life (idiom) | ||
| 14 | 不怕官，只怕管 | 不怕官，只怕管 | bù pà guān , zhǐ pà guǎn | bu4 pa4 guan1 , zhi3 pa4 guan3 | lit. it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb (proverb); fig. to be obliged to comply with people in authority | ||
| 15 | 只见树木不见森林 | 只見樹木不見森林 | zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín | zhi3 jian4 shu4 mu4 bu4 jian4 sen1 lin2 | unable to see the wood for the trees; fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture | ||
| 16 | 只见树木，不见森林 | 祇見樹木，不見森林 | zhǐ jiàn shù mù , bù jiàn sēn lín | zhi3 jian4 shu4 mu4 , bu4 jian4 sen1 lin2 | only see the trees, but not see the forest (成语 saw, from Mao Zedong, On contradictions 毛澤東 |毛泽东 , 矛盾論 |矛盾论 ); to concentrate on minutiae at the expense of the big picture | ||
| 17 | 只见 | 只見 | zhǐ jiàn | zhi3 jian4 | He saw | ||
| 18 | 万事皆备，只欠东风 | 萬事皆備，只欠東風 | wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng | wan4 shi4 jie1 bei4 , zhi3 qian4 dong1 feng1 | everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item; also written 萬事俱備 ，万事俱备 ，只欠东风 | ||
| 19 | 孤灯只影 | 孤燈隻影 | gū dēng zhǐ yǐng | gu1 deng1 zhi3 ying3 | A solitary lamp, a solitary shadow | ||
| 20 | 只不过几年前 | 只不過幾年前 | zhǐ bù guò jǐ nián qián | zhi3 bu4 guo4 ji3 nian2 qian2 | only a few years ago; just a few years ago | ||
| 21 | 两只手 | 兩隻手 | liǎng zhǐ shǒu | liang3 zhi3 shou3 | Two hands | ||
| 22 | 世上无难事，只怕有心人 | 世上無難事，只怕有心人 | shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén | shi4 shang4 wu2 nan2 shi4 , zhi3 pa4 you3 xin1 ren2 | there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom); persistence will overcome | ||
| 23 | 一只猫 | 一隻貓 | yī zhǐ māo | yi1 zhi3 mao1 | A cat | ||
| 24 | 一只 | 一隻 | yī zhǐ | yi1 zhi3 | One | ||
| 25 | 只知其一，不知其二 | 只知其一，不知其二 | zhǐ zhī qí yī , bù zhī qí èr | zhi3 zhi1 qi2 yi1 , bu4 zhi1 qi2 er4 | to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information |
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