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一下子

yī xià zi · yi xia zi

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HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. in a short while
  2. all at once
  3. all of a sudden
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In a conversation

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The lights go out

  1. Liangliang

    哎呀(āiyā)，灯(dēng)一下子(yīxiàzi)全(quán)灭(miè)了(le)！

    Oh no, all the lights suddenly went out!

  2. Dengdeng

    怎么回事(zěnmehuíshì)？我(wǒ)什么(shénme)都(dōu)看不见(kànbujiàn)了(le)。

    What happened? I cannot see anything.

  3. Liangliang

    是不是(shìbùshì)停电(tíngdiàn)了(le)？我(wǒ)去(qù)看看(kànkan)。

    Is it a power cut? I will go and check.

  4. Dengdeng

    咦(yí)，灯(dēng)一下子(yīxiàzi)又(yòu)亮(liàng)了(le)！

    Huh, the lights suddenly came back on!

  5. Liangliang

    原来(yuánlái)是(shì)我(wǒ)的(de)包(bāo)压到(yādào)了(le)开关(kāiguān)，一(yī)拿开(nákāi)就(jiù)亮(liàng)了(le)。

    So my bag was pressing on the switch. The moment I moved it, the lights came on.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

一(yí)下(xià)子(zi)之(zhī)间(jiān)我(wǒ)忘(wàng)了(le)她(tā)的(de)名(míng)字(zi)了(le)。

For a moment I forgot what her name was.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by tomkun01 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)说(shuō)法(fǎ)一(yí)下(xià)子(zi)就(jiù)流(liú)行(xíng)开(kāi)来(lái)了(le)。

This saying suddenly became popular.

Tatoeba: Chinese by grahambond · English by grahambond · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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