已 – vocab dash

已yǐ

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Meanings

1. already

2. (bound form) to stop; to cease; to end

3. (literary) thereafter; afterward

4. (literary) too; excessively

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我wǒ已yǐ告诉gàosu她tā要yào做zuò什么shénme。

I told her what to do.

那nà事shì已yǐ提前tíqián安排ānpái好hǎo了le。

It had been arranged beforehand.

他tā已yǐ消失xiāoshī多年duōnián了le。

It's been years since he disappeared.

反正fǎnzhèng事情shìqing已yǐ过去guòqù了le，那nà不用bùyòng再zài提tí了le。

Anyway the event has already passed, there is no point in mentioning it again.

你nǐ知道zhīdào怎么zěnme恢复huīfù已yǐ删除shānchú的de文件wénjiàn吗ma？

Do you know how to recover a deleted file?

太空tàikōng旅行lǚxíng已yǐ不再bùzài是shì幻想huànxiǎng。

Space travel is no longer a dream.