zhǐ​cǐ​yī​jiā

the only one of its kind

  • created sense approved 只此一家 · zhǐ​cǐ​yī​jiā · the only one of its kind — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    只此一家

    zhǐ​cǐ​yī​jiā

    the only one of its kind

    only this one shop; having no other branches or competitors. Often used by a business to warn against imitations by emphasizing that they are the only authorized location.

    zhǐ​cǐ​yì​jiā

    只 (literal) → 只 · zhǐ · only 此 (literal) → 此 · cǐ · this 一家 (literal) → 一家 · yī​jiā · [classifier]

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

    created sense