已 yǐ
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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) -
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) -
yǐ
preposition
from
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 以 (Kroll 2015 '已' 4, p. 546) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
yǐ
verb
to complete
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 完成 (Guoyu '已' v 2) -
yǐ
verb
to demote; to dismiss
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 黜退 (Guoyu '已' v 3) -
yǐ
verb
to recover from an illness
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 病愈 (Guoyu '已' v 4) -
yǐ
adverb
certainly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 一定 (Guoyu '已' adv 4) -
yǐ
interjection
an interjection of surprise
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Like 哎 (Guoyu '已' adv 4) -
yǐ
pronoun
this
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 此 (Guoyu '已' pronoun) -
yǐ
adverb
former; pūrvaka
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pūrvaka (BCSD '已', p. 411; MW 'pūrvaka') -
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
- 已生善 good that has already been produced
- 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.
- 已办所办(已辦所辦) completed their task
- 已今当(已今當) past, present, and future
- 已作所办(已作所辦) completed their task
- 讫已(訖已) to finish
- 疑网皆已除(疑網皆已除) a web of doubts has been dispelled
- 波罗阇已迦(波羅闍已迦) pārājika; rules for expulsion from the saṃgha ; pārājika; rules for expulsion from the saṃgha
- 过无量劫已(過無量劫已) after the passing of innumerable kalpas
- 惟有洗心能革面 虽非造极已登峯(惟有洗心能革面 雖非造極已登峯) Only by cleansing the heart can one be self-reformed; Though not yet perfected one is already at the top.
- 起已遊行 rises from his seat and travels further
- 已生的善法,令它增长(已生的善法,令它增長) Strengthen Wholesome States
- 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.
- 已作地 stage of complete discrimination; kṛtāvibhūmi
- 子縳已断(子縳已斷) seeds of bondage have already been severed
- 喜忧本已灭(喜憂本已滅) joy and sadness having ceased
- 已生的恶法,使它断除(已生的惡法,使它斷除) end unwholesome states
- 是日已过,命亦随减(是日已過,命亦隨減) life shortens at the end of each day
- 积德已久(積德已久) accumulation of merit over a long period
- 所应断已断(所應斷已斷) Krakucchanda
- 说是偈已(說是偈已) after reciting these gathas
- 已近 having approached; āsannībhūta
Also contained in
三氯已烷 、 颤抖不已 、 氯已烯 、 不得已 、 衣带日已缓 、 不得已而为之 、 已然 、 相去日已远 、 鞠躬尽瘁,死而后已 、 已作故人 、 悔之已晚 、 不为已甚 、 无已 、 兵甲已足 、 已经 、 已故 、 往事已矣 、 木已成舟 、 久已 、 闻已 、 方兴未已 、 已久 、 为时已晚 、 已作出保 、 一夔已足 、 既已 、 不已 、 有增无已 、 缠绵不已
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- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 298
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