一味 (yī wèi) — blindly; stubbornly; persistently (in a negativ… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

一味 (yī wèi) describes doing one thing over and over without reflection — 'blindly, stubbornly.' Like 瞎 and 盲目, it carries a negative sense of acting without judgment.

adverb

blindlystubbornlypersistently (in a negative sense)

Examples

一味。
Bú yào yī wèi dì zhuī qiú wù zhì xiǎng shòu.
Don't blindly pursue material pleasures.
。
Tā zǒng shì yì yī wèi dì tuī xiè zé rèn.
He always stubbornly shifts responsibility.
。
Yì yī wèi dì jiā bān duì shēn tǐ bù hǎo.
Persistently working overtime is bad for your health.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

One flavor or one ingredient gives the sense of sticking blindly to a single course.

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.

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

口未味

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

未

未wèi味wèi

Same sound today

味 combines 口 (mouth) with 未, which gives the sound wèi; the mouth part relates to taste.

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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