一

賀一賀佢

ho6 jat1 ho6 keoi5

to celebrate (do a bit of celebration)

化到個妝靚一靚

faa3 dou3 go3 zong1 leng3 jat1 leng3

really pretty makeup

一長一短

one short and one long

一死一傷

one dead, one injured

一高一低

one high and one low

一天一夜

one day and one night

一左一右

one left, one right

給他們一人一顆蘋果。

Give them an apple each.

獨自一人

a solitary person, one person

專一

single-minded, monogamous

他們在海灘上玩了一下午。

They played the whole afternoon on the beach.

垃圾一地都係。

There's rubbish throughout the floor.

大小不一

not having the same size

一視同仁

to treat all alike

蟋蟀，一名促織。

Crickets, also called rushing weavers [lit. another name being rushing weavers].

《前赤壁賦》“而吾與子之所共適”句，“適”字一作“食”。

… things in which we can delight together. In this sentence from the Former Ode on the Red Cliffs, 食 may be in place of 適 /适 alternatively.

桂棹兮蘭槳，擊空眀兮泝流光。 渺渺兮予懷，望美人兮天一方。

Our rudder and oars redolent of cassia and orchids Strike the moon's reflection cleaving the glimmering water But my heart is far away Longing for my dear one under a different sky (Tr. Yang Xianyi & Gladys Yang)

「旋律」一詞中的「旋」字

the character 旋 within the word 旋律 (xuánlǜ)

看一看

to have a look

算一算

to try to calculate it

一見如故

to hit it off

一講曹操，曹操就到

to speak of the devil and he appears

一試便知龍與鳳

一试便知龙与凤

一到OP就卡。

It slows down once I get to the opening.

我一拍了照片，她就立即成為眾人矚目的焦點。

As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.

及至秦王，蠶食天下，并吞戰國，稱號皇帝，一海內之政，壞諸侯之城。

When the King of Qin ascended, he devoured the realm morsel by morsel until he had annexed all those warring states. Proclaiming himself the August Emperor, he unified governance within the Four Seas and dismantled the fortifications of feudal lords.

六王畢，四海一，蜀山兀，阿房出。

The Six States came to an end. The Four Seas were unified as one. The hills throughout Shu [modern Sichuan] had become bare and barren. The construction of Epang Palace was finally done.

一至於此

To think that things should have come to such an extent!

～样

统～。

～生

一路平安。

～心～意。

绑到紧～紧。

系得很紧

试～试

谂～谂。

想一想

～见钟情

～扫而光

你～讲我就明喇

你一说我就明白

～考试就紧张。