只取一瓢
zhǐ​qǔ​yī​piáo

to choose only one

  • created sense approved 只取一瓢 · zhǐ​qǔ​yī​piáo · to choose only one — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    只取一瓢

    zhǐ​qǔ​yī​piáo

    to choose only one

    to take only one ladleful; used metaphorically to express choosing a single person to love out of many possible options

    只 (literal) → 只 · zhǐ · only 取 (literal) → 取 · qǔ · to choose 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 瓢 (literal) → 瓢 · piáo · [ladleful]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense