一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一帆风顺
yìfānfēngshùn
plain sailing, smooth going
Characters in this word
顺 shùn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 祝你工作一帆风顺，早日升职。 Zhù nǐ gōngzuò yìfān fēngshùn, zǎorì shēngzhí. I wish you smooth sailing at work and an early promotion.
- 他们的旅行一帆风顺，三天就到了目的地。 Tāmen de lǚxíng yìfān fēngshùn, sān tiān jiù dào le mùdìdì. Their trip went smoothly, and they reached the destination in three days.
- 生活不会总是一帆风顺，遇到困难也别着急。 Shēnghuó bú huì zǒng shì yìfān fēngshùn, yùdào kùnnan yě bié zháojí. Life is not always plain sailing, so don't panic when you meet difficulties.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyíhuìr in a short while