一朝

yìzhāo
adverb

Meanings

  1. 1 once; one day (when something happens)
  2. 2 in a single morning; overnight

Examples

HSK 6
Tā yìzhāo chéngmíng, lái zhǎo tā de rén yíxiàzi duō le qǐlai.
Once he suddenly became famous, the number of people coming to see him shot up.
HSK 7-9
Zhè mén shǒuyì bú shì yìzhāo yìxī jiù néng xuéhuì de.
This craft is not something you can learn overnight.

Tips

mistakes
朝 here is 'morning', as in 一朝一夕 'in one morning or one evening', that is, in a short time. Read 朝 it means a dynasty or court: 一朝天子一朝臣 'a new emperor brings in new ministers'.
usage
In a sentence 一朝 works like 一旦 'once, the moment that', in a literary or proverbial style: 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳 'bitten by a snake once, afraid of well ropes for ten years', the Chinese 'once bitten, twice shy'.

Stroke Order

一 yī
朝 cháo