已 yǐ

1. yǐ adverb already
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: May be used as a preverbal particle in Classical Chinese to indicate a completed action (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 115). For example, 年已七十矣 'he had reached the age of seventy' (Mengzi: 9.9/50/14, translation by Legge; Guoyu '已' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '已' 2, p. 546; Unihan '已'; XHZD '已' 2, p. 886)
2. yǐ noun Kangxi radical 49
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Alternate form for 己 (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. yǐ preposition from
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 以 (Kroll 2015 '已' 4, p. 546)
4. yǐ verb to bring to an end; to stop
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense, in Literary Chinese, 已 is a full verb (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 115). For example, 人皆謂我毀明堂。毀諸？已乎？'People all tell me to pull down and remove the Hall of Distinction. Shall I pull it down, or stop the movement for that object?' (Mengzi: 2.5/9/22, translation by Legge; CC-CEDICT '已'; Guoyu '已' v 1; Kroll 2015 '已' 1, p. 546; Unihan '已'; XHZD '已' 1, p. 886)
5. yǐ particle final aspectual particle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: This literary Chinese final particle is sometimes found after noun predicates, indicating a change in knowledge about the state of things. For example, 是亂國已 one can tell that this is a disorderly country (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 19 after Xun 10/89; Guoyu '已' particle)
6. yǐ conjunction afterwards; thereafter
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 然后 (Guoyu '已' adv 3; XHZD '已' 3, p. 886)
7. yǐ adverb too; very; excessively
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: May be used in this sense in preclassical Chinese (Guoyu '已' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '已' 3, p. 546; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 115; ; XHZD '已' 4, p. 886)
8. yǐ verb to complete
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 完成 (Guoyu '已' v 2)
9. yǐ verb to demote; to dismiss
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 黜退 (Guoyu '已' v 3)
10. yǐ verb to recover from an illness
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 病愈 (Guoyu '已' v 4)
11. yǐ adverb certainly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 一定 (Guoyu '已' adv 4)
12. yǐ interjection an interjection of surprise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Like 哎 (Guoyu '已' adv 4)
13. yǐ pronoun this
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 此 (Guoyu '已' pronoun)
14. yǐ adverb former; pūrvaka
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pūrvaka (BCSD '已', p. 411; MW 'pūrvaka')
15. yǐ adjective former; pūrvaka
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pūrvaka, Japanese: i (BCSD '已', p. 411; MW 'pūrvaka'; SH '已', p. 103; Unihan '已')

Contained in

• 疑网皆已除(疑網皆已除) a web of doubts has been dispelled
• 已生恶(已生惡) evils that have already been produced
• 波罗阇已迦(波羅闍已迦) pārājika; rules for expulsion from the saṃgha ; pārājika; rules for expulsion from the saṃgha
• 起已遊行 rises from his seat and travels further
• 讫已(訖已) to finish
• 从昔已来曾持呪法(從昔已來曾持呪法) from previous lives have maintained the mantra teachings
• 若思业若思已业(若思業若思已業) either the action of intending or the action after having intended
• 已作所办(已作所辦) completed their task
• 不为昨日困 昨日已过去 不被明日迷 明日尚未至 用心对今日 天天不迷困(不為昨日困 昨日已過去 不被明日迷 明日尚未至 用心對今日 天天不迷困) Do not be trapped in yesterday, everything is already the past. Do not worry about tomorrow, tomorrow is not yet here. Focus wholeheartedly on today, and everyday shall be trouble-free.
• 是日已过，命亦随减(是日已過，命亦隨減) life shortens at the end of each day
• 已办所办(已辦所辦) completed their task
• 已得等忍 who had acquired sameness and patience
• 已近 having approached; āsannībhūta
• 已知根 one who already knows the roots
• 已入众生令其成熟(已入眾生令其成熟) leading those sentient beings who have already immersed themselves [in the Buddha Dharma] to mature
• 生非生已生 presently arising, not yet arisen, and already arisen
• 行人看见东西水 佛祖已传南北宗(行人看見東西水 佛祖已傳南北宗) Practitioners differentiate between Eastern and Western water; Yet Buddha is already in the North and South.
• 自谓已得究竟灭度(自謂已得究竟滅度) persuaded ourselves that we had arrived at final Nirvâna
• 说是偈已(說是偈已) after reciting these gathas
• 子縳已断(子縳已斷) seeds of bondage have already been severed
• 积德已久(積德已久) accumulation of merit over a long period
• 已生的恶法，使它断除(已生的惡法，使它斷除) end unwholesome states

Also contained in

已故 、 悔之已晚 、 说说而已 、 闻已 、 寿数已尽 、 方兴未已 、 兵甲已足 、 已定 、 已然 、 早已 、 已去 、 已知 、 已作出保 、 已开发国家 、 只死而已 、 米已成炊 、 方寸已乱 、 命不久已 、 不得已而为之 、 不已 、 氯已烯 、 生生不已 、 迫不得已 、 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 、 不得已则斗 、 赞叹不已 、 已成形 、 已久 、 已然语气

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