Definition
清一色 comes from mahjong, referring to a hand where all tiles belong to one suit. In daily use, it figuratively describes a group or set that is entirely made up of the same kind of thing — uniform in composition, such as an all-freshman class or an all-female team.
noun
in mahjonga hand composed entirely of tiles of a single suit(figurative) a homogeneous groupsomething consisting entirely of one kind
Examples
- 清一色，。Tā dǎ chū le yì shǒu qīng yī sè, yíng le zhè yì jú.He played a hand all of one suit and won this round.
- 清一色。Zhè zhī duìwu shì qīng yī sè de niánqīng rén.This team is uniformly made up of young people.
- 清一色。Zhè jiā gōngsī zhǐ zhāo qīng yī sè de míngxiào bìyèshēng.This company only recruits graduates from top schools — all from elite universities.
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