一
回
事

One and the same (thing) in Chinese: 一回事 (yī huí shì)

yī huí shì

one and the same (thing)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1one and the same (thing)
  2. 2one thing (as distinct from another)

Stroke order

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一
回
事

Zhuyin

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ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄏㄨㄟˊ

huí

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 说和做完全是两回事，不是一回事。

    shuō hé zuò wán quán shì liǎng huí shì， bú shì yì huí shì。

    Saying and doing are two entirely different things, not the same thing.

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Related words

回

huí

to circle

一

yī

one

事

shì

matter

第一

dì yī

first

回答

huí dá

to reply

事情

shì qing

affair

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

故事

gù shì

old practice

同事

tóng shì

colleague

一般

yī bān

same

一边

yī biān

one side

一定

yī dìng

surely

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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