一物

yīwù
  1. (literary) one thing; one object
  2. one thing; one object

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
2 物 wù
  1. (bound form) thing
  2. (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself

Containing this entry

一物降一物 yīwùxiángyīwù
  1. lit. one object bests another object
  2. every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
一物剋一物 yīwùkèyīwù
空無一物 kōngwúyīwù