一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一概而论
yígài'érlùn
to generalise; to lump everything together
Characters in this word
概 gài
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
而 ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 而 — and, and then, and yet
论 lùn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 仑 logical reasons, logical order
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在讨论青年就业问题时，不能把不同地区的情况一概而论。 Zài tǎolùn qīngnián jiùyè wèntí shí, bùnéng bǎ bùtóng dìqū de qíngkuàng yígài'érlùn. When discussing youth employment, one cannot generalise the situations of different regions.
- 每个孩子都不同，不能一概而论。 Měi ge háizi dōu bùtóng, bùnéng yígài'érlùn. Every child is different — you cannot lump them all together.
- 这两件事性质不同，不能一概而论。 Zhè liǎng jiàn shì xìngzhì bùtóng, bùnéng yígài'érlùn. These two matters are different in nature, so they cannot be lumped together.
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