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

• 已今当(已今當) past, present, and future
• 已生善 good that has already been produced
• 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.
• 子縳已断(子縳已斷) seeds of bondage have already been severed
• 疑网皆已除(疑網皆已除) a web of doubts has been dispelled
• 已知根 one who already knows the roots
• 过无量劫已(過無量劫已) after the passing of innumerable kalpas
• 积德已久(積德已久) accumulation of merit over a long period
• 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.
• 起已遊行 rises from his seat and travels further
• 所应断已断(所應斷已斷) Krakucchanda
• 已办地(已辦地) stage of complete discrimination; kṛtāvibhūmi

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