一隅

yìyú
noun #47,922

Meanings

  1. 1 a corner
  2. 2 a small, out-of-the-way area
  3. 3 one narrow aspect

Examples

HSK 3
Tā zài chéngshì yìyú kāi le jiā xiǎo shūdiàn.
He opened a small bookshop in a corner of the city.
HSK 7-9
Kàn wèntí bù néng zhǐ kàn yìyú, yào kàn quánjú.
When you look at a problem, you can't see just one corner of it; you have to see the whole picture.

Tips

usage
Literary. Set phrases: 偏安一隅 'to hold on to one corner of the realm', said of a dynasty that has lost its heartland, and 一隅之见 'a narrow, one-sided view'.

Stroke Order

一 yī
隅 yú