Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    bāo
    biǎn
    一字褒贬
    yī zì bāo biǎn

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • dispensing praise or blame with a single word
    • concise and powerful style

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    letter / symbol / character / word / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China / CL:個|个[gè]
    bāo
    to praise / to commend / to honor / (of clothes) large or loose / variant of 褒[bāo]
    biǎn
    to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate
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