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

• 已生的善法，令它增长(已生的善法，令它增長) Strengthen Wholesome States
• 起已遊行 rises from his seat and travels further
• 疑网皆已除(疑網皆已除) a web of doubts has been dispelled
• 积德已久(積德已久) accumulation of merit over a long period
• 生非生已生 presently arising, not yet arisen, and already arisen
• 波罗阇已迦(波羅闍已迦) pārājika; rules for expulsion from the saṃgha ; pārājika; rules for expulsion from the saṃgha
• 子縳已断(子縳已斷) seeds of bondage have already been severed
• 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
• 所应断已断(所應斷已斷) Krakucchanda
• 花落春犹在，人死楼已空(花落春猶在，人死樓已空) spring lingers even when flowers have fallen; a place becomes empty when someone passes away
• 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.
• 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
• 喜忧本已灭(喜憂本已滅) joy and sadness having ceased
• 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.
• 诸漏已尽(諸漏已盡) outflows already exhausted

Also contained in

难以自已 、 方兴未已 、 氯已烯 、 木已成舟 、 相去日已远 、 已作故人 、 诛求无已 、 命不久已 、 有增无已 、 已往 、 已然语气 、 已灭 、 已知 、 一夔已足 、 不为已甚 、 已见分晓 、 年已蹉跎 、 悔之已晚 、 岁月忽已晚 、 不得已 、 已开发国家 、 仅此而已 、 不得已则斗 、 不得已而为之 、 已然 、 兵甲已足 、 说说而已 、 已过时 、 已久 、 早已 、 已故 、 迫不得已 、 已去 、 已婚 、 年事已高 、 已定

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