不一而足

bùyī'érzú
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 by no means an isolated case
  2. 2 numerous and varied
  3. 3 too many to enumerate

Examples

Lèisì de lìzi bùyī'érzú.
There are numerous similar examples.
Tā fàn guò de cuòwù bùyī'érzú, hěn nán yīyī lièjǔ.
The mistakes he has made are too many and varied to list one by one.

Tips

history
From 《·》: '大夫何以不一而足。' The Gongyang Commentary uses 不一而足 to explain that the classification of certain groups is not based on a single criterion.
usage
Almost always sentence-final, following a list or the topic it describes. Typical template: '...例子 / 情况 / 问题 + 不一而足'. Formal register — more literary than or 很多.

Stroke Order

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