It's a deal!
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
一言为定
(idiom) it's a deal
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(idiom) it's a deal
02
that's settled then
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 一言为定 actually appears in real sentences.
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ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 一言为定
What does 一言为定 mean in Chinese?
一言为定 (yīyánwéidìng) means (idiom) it's a deal.
How do you pronounce 一言为定?
一言为定 is pronounced yīyánwéidìng.
Is 一言为定 an HSK word?
一言为定 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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