English translation of '一 ... 而 ... '

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1. ... in one ...
   ⇒ 满满一杯酒，他一饮而尽。 (Mǎnmǎn yī bēi jiǔ, tā yī yǐn ér jìn.) The glass was full to overflowing, but he drank it down in one gulp.
   ⇒ 看到警察来了，围观的人们一哄而散。 (Kàndào jǐngchá lái le, wéiguān de rénmen yī hòng ér sàn.) On seeing the police arrive, the people who had gathered to watch scattered.