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分之一
Traditional Chinese
分之一
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
fēn zhī yī
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
/(fan1 ji1 yat1 )
Short definition (indicating fraction)
Usage frequency Very infrequent
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(jǐn) only
(sān) 3
分之一(fēn zhī yī) (indicating fraction)
(dedì) of
成员(chéng yuán) member
出席(chū xí) to participate
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
会议(huì yì) meeting

Only one third of the members turned up at the meeting.

据统计(jù tǒng jì) according to statistics
数百(shù bǎi) several hundred
(míng) name
员工(yuán gōng) staff
不得不(bù děi bù bù dé bù) to have no choice but
工作上(gōng zuò shàng) at work
(bǎi) 100
(gè) variant of 個个ge4
小时(xiǎo shí) hour
出现(chū xiàn) to arise
(dedì) of
失误(shī wù) lapse
(yǔ yùyù) and
计算机(jì suàn jī) computer
(zài) (located) at
百万(bǎi wàn) millions
分之一(fēn zhī yī) (indicating fraction)
(miǎo) second (of time)
(dedì) of
时间内(shí jiān nèi) within a period of time
才会(cáihuì) only then will
(fàn) crime
(dedì) of
(cuò) bad
同样(tóng yàng) equal
巨大(jù dà) enormous

It was calculated that hundreds of workers would have to work a hundred hours to make a mistake as enormous as that which a computer can make in a millionth of a second.

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