一字褒贬

dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom) / concise and powerful style

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

in a row / in a line

letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

to praise / to commend / to honor / (of clothes) large or loose

variant of 褒[bao1]

to appraise / to pass judgment on / to speak ill of / praise and censure / appraisal

to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate