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如一

rú yī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

如一 (rú yī) means "consistent; the same; unvarying". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 如一 means

1. consistent
2. the same
3. unvarying

The characters in 如一

• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 一yīone; single; a (article)

Example sentences

• 百闻不如一见。
  Bǎiwénbùrúyījiàn.
  A picture is worth a thousand words.
• 他是个表里如一的人。
  Tā shì gè biǎo lǐ rú yī de rén.
  What he says always corresponds with what he does.
• 不如一起去看电影吧。
  Would you like to go see a movie with me?

Words containing 如一

• 始终如一shǐ zhōng rú yīunswerving from start to finish (idiom)
• 心口如一xīn kǒu rú yīlit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think; honest and straightforward
• 表里如一biǎo lǐ rú yīexternal appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means…
• 亲如一家qīn rú yī jiāfamily-like close relationship (idiom)
• 一代不如一代yī dài bù rú yī dàito be getting worse with each generation
• 一日不如一日yī rì bù rú yī rìto be getting worse by the day
• 百闻不如一见bǎi wén bù rú yī jiànseeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom)…

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