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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

一…而… [yī…ér…]
  1. 1. conjunction … in one …
    满满一杯酒，他一饮而尽。
    The glass was full to overflowing, but he drank it down in one gulp.
    看到警察来了，围观的人们一哄而散。
    On seeing the police arrive, the people who had gathered to watch scattered.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

一…而… [yī…ér…]
  1. 1. used with two verbs to indicate that one action follows another as an immediate result
    一掠而过
    skim over
    一怒而去
    go away in a temper; leave in anger
    一饮而尽
    empty a glass at one gulp
    好人和坏人不能一概而论。
    他一跃而起，跳出了墙外。
    课上，他将那些不太重要的知识点一带而过。
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Examples

爱一个人是一辈子的事情，而不是一时的兴起。 → 辈子
我们不能一碰到困难就缩脖子，而是要迎难而上。 → 缩脖子
他一赌气，把两包蜜枣扔到门口就怏怏而归了。 → 怏怏
她一出头，事情就变得复杂而难以处理了。 → 出头
他一出现, 记者们大呼隆地一冲而上。
No sooner had he appeared than the journalists moved towards him. → 大呼隆
二十年没见面的兄妹二人一见面就已经老泪纵横，相拥而泣。
Having not met each other for over twenty years, the brother and sister hugged each other and cried when they met. → 老泪
一而再,再而三 → 而
一而再,再而三。 → 再
一而再,再而三 → 一而再
我们两个单位已经合二而一。也说合二为一。 → 合二而一
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Word Decomposition

一
[yī] 		+ 而
[ér]

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