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from Learn Chinese Everyday 每日学华语 by Min Min

Pronunciation : yǐ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Meaning : stop; cease; end. (v) already. (adv) Radical : 己 Strokes : 3 Traditional : 已 Usage : 55.2%

Common Words / Phrases:

1.

不已 bù yǐ

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:

endlessly; incessantly

2.

已经 yǐ jing

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:

already

Sentences:

1. She is still very sad over the death of her aunt. tā duì gū mā de sǐ zhì jīn réng bēi shāng bú yǐ 。 她 对 姑 妈 的 死 至 今 仍 悲 伤 不 已 。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

她 : she 对 : (preposition) for 姑妈 : aunt 的 : (possessive particle) of 死 : death 至 : until 今 : today 仍 : yet, still 悲伤 : sad 不已 : endlessly

2. You had already gone when I arrived there. dāng wǒ dào dá shí ， nǐ yǐ jīng zǒu le 。 当 我 到 达 时 ， 你 已 经 走 了 。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

当 : when 我 : I 到达 : arrive 时 : at that time 你 : you 已经 : already 走 : gone, left 了 : (particle) used after an action that has taken place

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