已 的释义 | Babel Free

释义

1. to stop; to finish
2. Used after predicates, especially noun predicates, to express a new realization by the speaker. Compare 矣 (yǐ), which is used similarly but only after verbs. Sometimes expanded to 也已 or 也已矣, which are synonymous.
   Classical
3. already; have done something

例句

“任重而道遠。仁以為己任，不亦重乎？死而後已，不亦遠乎？”

[His] duty is heavy and [his] way is far. He takes benevolence to be his duty; is that not heavy indeed? [His duty] is completed [only] when he dies; is that not far indeed?

“任重而道远。仁以为己任，不亦重乎？死而后已，不亦远乎？”

[His] duty is heavy and [his] way is far. He takes benevolence to be his duty; is that not heavy indeed? [His duty] is completed [only] when he dies; is that not far indeed?

“此水幾時休，此恨何時已。”

When will the river cease to flow? When will this brooding end?

“此水几时休，此恨何时已。”

When will the river cease to flow? When will this brooding end?

“年已七十矣。”

He was already seventy years old.

“若已食則退，若未食則佐長者視具。”

If they have eaten already, they should retire; if they have not eaten, they will [remain to] assist their elder [brothers and sisters] and see what has been prepared.

“若已食则退，若未食则佐长者视具。”

If they have eaten already, they should retire; if they have not eaten, they will [remain to] assist their elder [brothers and sisters] and see what has been prepared.

“情義已失去，恩愛都失去”

Friendship has already gone, and all of the love is gone

“情义已失去，恩爱都失去”

Friendship has already gone, and all of the love is gone

“然則王之所大欲可知已。”

Then, what your Majesty greatly desires may be known.

“然则王之所大欲可知已。”

Then, what your Majesty greatly desires may be known.

“入其境，其田疇穢，都邑露，是貪主已。”

If, upon entering the borders, the fields are in poor condition and the towns are exposed, one can tell that this is the [realm of] a covetous ruler.

“入其境，其田畴秽，都邑露，是贪主已。”

If, upon entering the borders, the fields are in poor condition and the towns are exposed, one can tell that this is the [realm of] a covetous ruler.

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