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HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. already
  2. 2. to stop
  3. 3. then
  4. 4. afterwards

Example Sentences

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列車 準備發車。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13364036)

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Words Containing 已

赞叹不已
zàn tàn bù yǐ

to be full of praise (idiom)

久已
jiǔ yǐ

long ago

事已至此
shì yǐ zhì cǐ

see 事到如今[shì dào rú jīn]

缠绵不已
chán mián bù yǐ

to cling without letting go

方兴未已
fāng xīng wèi yǐ

flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding

已然
yǐ rán

to be already so

已婚已育
yǐ hūn yǐ yù

married, with one or more children

而已
ér yǐ

that's all

既已
jì yǐ

already

惊叹不已
jīng tàn bù yǐ

to exclaim in astonishment

诛求无已
zhū qiú wú yǐ

to make endless exorbitant demands

不为已甚
bù wéi yǐ shèn

refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment

仅此而已
jǐn cǐ ér yǐ

that's all; just this and nothing more

颤抖不已
chàn dǒu bù yǐ

to shake like a leaf (idiom)

寿数已尽
shòu shù yǐ jǐn

to die (when one's predestined life span is up)

不能自已
bù néng zì yǐ

unable to control oneself

一夔已足
yī kuí yǐ zú

one talented person is enough for the job (idiom)

已故
yǐ gù

the late

业已
yè yǐ

already

有增无已
yǒu zēng wú yǐ

constantly increasing without limit (idiom); rapid progress in all directions

已往
yǐ wǎng

the past

迫不得已
pò bù dé yǐ

to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances

米已成炊
mǐ yǐ chéng chuī

lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)

早已
zǎo yǐ

for a long time; long since

已灭
yǐ miè

extinct

已婚
yǐ hūn

married

命不久已
mìng bù jiǔ yǐ

at death's door

说说而已
shuō shuō ér yǐ

nothing serious

已见分晓
yǐ jiàn fēn xiǎo

the result becomes apparent

无已
wú yǐ

endlessly

方寸已乱
fāng cùn yǐ luàn

(idiom) confused

已成形
yǐ chéng xíng

preformed

不已
bù yǐ

endlessly

不得已
bù dé yǐ

to act against one's will

木已成舟
mù yǐ chéng zhōu

lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)

为时已晚
wéi shí yǐ wǎn

already too late

往事已矣
wǎng shì yǐ yǐ

the past is dead (idiom)

鞠躬尽瘁,死而后已
jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ

to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life

情非得已
qíng fēi dé yǐ

compelled by the circumstances (to do sth)

年已蹉跎
nián yǐ cuō tuó

the years have already gone by

已作故人
yǐ zuò gù rén

to have passed away

悔之已晚
huǐ zhī yǐ wǎn

too late to be sorry

死而后已
sǐ ér hòu yǐ

until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life

已久
yǐ jiǔ

already a long time

已知
yǐ zhī

known (to science)

已经
yǐ jīng

already

难以自已
nán yǐ zì yǐ

cannot control oneself (idiom)

万不得已
wàn bù dé yǐ

only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort

不得已而为之
bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī

to have no other choice