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title: "一 + measure word + 比 + 一 + measure word in Chinese Grammar: Each one more … than the one before (every one of them), With Examples"
description: "一 + measure word + 比 + 一 + measure word: each one more … than the one before (every one of them). 一个比一个 / 一件比一件 + adjective: each one is more so than the last — all of them are very …. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 一 + measure word + 比 + 一 + measure word

Each one more … than the one before (every one of them)

一个比一个 / 一件比一件 + adjective: each one is more so than the last — all of them are very ….

## In stories

他叫人拿出很多袈裟，**一件比一件**好看。

[火烧观音院 · Fire at Guanyin Temple](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/fire-at-guanyin-temple-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-13#library-word-196-201) HSK 3

墙上的奶茶照片，**一张比一张**好看。

[怎么点奶茶 · How to order bubble tea in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-order-bubble-tea-in-chinese#library-word-47-52) HSK 4

不到半个月，那些马**一匹比一匹**胖，悟空心里别提多得意了。

[齐天大圣 · Great Sage Equal to Heaven](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/great-sage-equal-to-heaven-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-6#library-word-58-63) HSK 5

宿舍里，室友们**一个比一个**睡得香，就我一个人睁着眼睛，听着别人的呼噜声，一直等到天亮。

[欢迎光临 · The first night shift](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-first-night-shift#library-word-14-19) HSK 5

[Read 火烧观音院](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/fire-at-guanyin-temple-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-13#library-word-196-201)

## More patterns

- [A 比 B 更/还 + adjective even more … than …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bi-geng)
- [A 比 B + adjective more … than …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bi)
- [一…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-jiu)
- [verb + 一 + verb … a little; give it a try](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-yi-v)
- [一…，…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-comma-jiu)
- [一 + measure word (+ noun) + 也/都 + 不/没 not a single …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-cl-ye-bu)

## What does 一 + measure word + 比 + 一 + measure word mean in Chinese?

Each one more … than the one before (every one of them). 一个比一个 / 一件比一件 + adjective: each one is more so than the last — all of them are very ….

## How common is 一 + measure word + 比 + 一 + measure word?

It comes up in 4 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.