單行
simp单行daan1 hang4inferreddān xíng
English
- to come individually
- to treat separately
- separate edition
- one-way traffic
Examples
祸不单行。
Misfortunes never come singly.
Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY
禍不單行。
It never rains but it pours.
Tatoeba · Martha CC BY
我谨记祸不单行。
I bear in mind that misfortunes never come singly.
Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY
小心不要在单行道逆向行驶。
Be careful not to drive the wrong way on a one-way street.
Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY
俗話說:雙喜臨門;可俗話又說:福無雙進,禍不單行!
There’s a saying that goes, "Fortune always comes in pairs." But there’s another saying that says, "Fortune comes, but never in pairs, while misfortune always does."
Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY
Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized