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單daan1行hang4

simp单行
daan1 hang4inferreddān xíng

English

  1. to come individually
  2. to treat separately
  3. separate edition
  4. 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

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