Keyword
already
- finished
- to stop
- then
- afterwards
- Frequency
- #159
- Strokes
- 3
Readings
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Stroke order
Used in vocabulary
已经
already
已
already; (bound form) to stop; to cease; to end; (literary) thereafter; afterward; (literary) too; excessively
而已
that's all; nothing more
早已
for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
不已
(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly
已知
known (to science)
已婚
married
已然
already; to be already so; to have long been the case
已故
the late; deceased
不得已
to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must
业已
already
仅此而已
(idiom) that's all; just this and nothing more
为时已晚
already too late
迫不得已
to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances; forced into sth
年事已高
old in years
已往
the past
木已成舟
lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom); fig. what is done cannot be undone
久已
long ago; a long time since
万不得已
only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort
不得已而为之
to have no other choice; to be the last resort
赞叹不已
(idiom) to be full of praise and admiration; to marvel endlessly; to be in awe
不能自已
unable to control oneself; to be beside oneself
情非得已
compelled by the circumstances (to do sth); (have) no other choice (but do sth); (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love
死而后已
until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life; unto one's dying day