只此一家,別無分店

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Chinese

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only; merely; just
only; merely; just; but
 
this; these
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
 
other; distinguish; contrary
other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin
 
not have branch store
trad. (只此一家,別無分店) 分店
simp. (只此一家,别无分店) 分店

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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只此一家,別無分店

  1. the one and only store, no branch offices (you can buy something only here)
  2. (figuratively) to have a monopoly
  3. (figuratively) unique; unparalleled; unmatched

Synonyms

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