一条龙 (yī tiáo lóng) — (set phrase) a continuous line or sequence; (figurative) one-stop service, complete process

Definition

A set phrase used as an adjective modifier ('a connected line', or figuratively 'one-stop / end-to-end'). Always comes before a noun like 服务, 管理, or 流水线 — never stands alone.

noun
(set phrase) a continuous line or sequence(figurative) one-stop servicecomplete process

Examples

  • 一条龙，。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī tí gōng yī tiáo lóng fú wù, cóng shè jì dào shēng chǎn quán bāo.
    This company provides one-stop service, covering everything from design to production.
  • 一条龙，。
    Duì wu pái chéng le yī tiáo lóng, wān yán shù bǎi mǐ.
    The queue formed a continuous line, winding for hundreds of meters.
  • 一条龙，。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù cǎi yòng yī tiáo lóng guǎn lǐ mó shì, xiào lǜ hěn gāo.
    This project uses a one-stop management model, with high efficiency.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 條; 条 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu條tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 條 pairs 木, a small branch or stick, with 攸, which shows a person warned by a hand holding a stick, as a sound part; 条 is a later shortened shape.

Open 条 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 龍; 龙 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 龍 originally drew a sacred creature with a large mouth and a snake-like body; the simplified 龙 is the form written here.

Open 龙 →

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