独一无二
dú yī wú èr
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 獨一無二
One of a kind; unique. Used to praise something or to stress that nothing else like it exists.
Chỉ có một, không có cái thứ hai. Dùng để khen hoặc nhấn mạnh rằng không gì sánh được.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 二 = nhị; etymology of “độc nhất vô nhị” = 獨一無二 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “độc nhất vô nhị” (doc-nhat-vo-nhi). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “独一无二” mean?
One of a kind; unique. Used to praise something or to stress that nothing else like it exists. Literally: only one, no second
Is “独一无二” formal or informal?
独一无二 is generally neutral.