- 一波三折 yībōsānzhé calligraphic flourishA style of writing horizontal strokes in clerical script involving three changes of direction; characterized by multiple twists and turns of the brush
- 薄一波 bóyībō Bo YiboBo Yibo (1908-2007), a high-ranking Chinese Communist politician and economic planner who served on the State Council from the 1950s to the 1980s.
- 一波未平,一波又起 yībōwèipíngyībōyòuqǐ one thing after another(idiom) a new problem arises before the old one is solved; a situation full of twists and turns where many issues occur in rapid succession