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Meanings
already
to stop
then
afterwards
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Words with 已 113 total
that's all · nothing more而已ér yǐlong ago · a long time since久已jiǔ yǐ(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly不已bù yǐendlessly · to have no choice无已wú yǐalready业已yè yǐalready已经yǐ jīngalready · to be already so; to have long been the case已然yǐ ránthe past已往yǐ wǎngfor a long time; long since · (dialect) in the past早已zǎo yǐ(literary) used in expressions of the form 不 bù + (verb) + zé yǐ... "either don't (verb) at all, or if you do,..."则已zé yǐalready a long time已久yǐ jiǔmarried已婚yǐ hūnthe late · deceased已故yǐ gùknown (to science)已知yǐ zhīalready既已jì yǐ
Idioms with 已 47 total Chain
to have no other choice · to be the last resort不得已而为之bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhīunable to control oneself · to be beside oneself不能自已bù néng zì yǐrefrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment · not be too hard on subject不为已甚bù wéi yǐ shènthe game is as good as lost · not much can be done about it now · one's day has gone · it is all up with大势已去dà shì yǐ qù
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