偶一为之 — Chinese idiom
偶一为之
ǒu yī wéi zhī
Traditional: 偶一為之
Meaning
- to do sth once in a while
- to do sth more as an exception than the rule
Character by character
- 偶ǒuaccidentally, coincidently; mate, image, idol
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
Idioms sharing a character
- 偶语弃市 ǒu yǔ qì shì
- 齐大非偶 qí dà fēi ǒu
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一干二净 yī gān èr jìng
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
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