| 一字之师 | yī zì zhī shī | one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master | 
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit | 
| 一字 | yī zì | in a row; in a line | 
| 字 | zì | letter / symbol / character / word / CL:个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | 
| 之 | zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it | 
| 师 | Shī | surname Shi | 
| 师 | shī | teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops |