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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
不得已	不得已	[bu4 de2 yi3]	/to act against one's will/to have no alternative but to/to have to/to have no choice/must/	5570	1
不得已而為之	不得已而为之	[bu4 de2 yi3 er2 wei2 zhi1]	/to have no other choice/to be the last resort/	4656	1
不能自已	不能自已	[bu4 neng2 zi4 yi3]	/unable to control oneself/to be beside oneself/	5348	1
不為已甚	不为已甚	[bu4 wei2 yi3 shen4]	/refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment/not be too hard on subject/	7104	1
不已	不已	[[bu4yi3]]	/(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly/	698	2
纏綿不已	缠绵不已	[chan2 mian2 bu4 yi3]	/to cling without letting go/to pester without end/to cling lovingly to each other/	4134	1
顫抖不已	颤抖不已	[chan4 dou3 bu4 yi3]	/to shake like a leaf (idiom)/	5017	1
而已	而已	[er2 yi3]	/that's all/nothing more/	7104	1
方寸已亂	方寸已乱	[fang1 cun4 yi3 luan4]	/(idiom) confused/troubled/bewildered/	2403	1
方興未已	方兴未已	[fang1 xing1 wei4 yi3]	/flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding/still growing strong/on the up/	6336	1
悔之已晚	悔之已晚	[hui3 zhi1 yi3 wan3]	/too late to be sorry/	5243	1
既已	既已	[ji4 yi3]	/already/	2887	1
僅此而已	仅此而已	[[jin3ci3er2yi3]]	/(idiom) that's all; just this and nothing more/	134	2
驚嘆不已	惊叹不已	[jing1 tan4 bu4 yi3]	/to exclaim in astonishment/	6684	1
久已	久已	[jiu3 yi3]	/long ago/a long time since/	6482	1
鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已	鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已	[ju1 gong1 jin4 cui4 , si3 er2 hou4 yi3]	/to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life/with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day/	6336	1
米已成炊	米已成炊	[mi3 yi3 cheng2 chui1]	/lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)/fig. what is done cannot be undone/	4327	1
木已成舟	木已成舟	[mu4 yi3 cheng2 zhou1]	/lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)/fig. what is done cannot be undone/	5564	1
難以自已	难以自已	[nan2 yi3 zi4 yi3]	/cannot control oneself (idiom)/to be beside oneself/	1592	1
年事已高	年事已高	[nian2 shi4 yi3 gao1]	/old in years/	6348	1
年已蹉跎	年已蹉跎	[[nian2yi3cuo1tuo2]]	/the years have already gone by; to be too old/	882	2
迫不得已	迫不得已	[po4 bu4 de2 yi3]	/to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances/forced into sth/	6336	1
情非得已	情非得已	[qing2 fei1 de2 yi3]	/compelled by the circumstances (to do sth)/(have) no other choice (but do sth)/(used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love/	1616	1
事已至此	事已至此	[[shi4yi3zhi4ci3]]	/see 事到如今[shi4dao4ru2jin1]/	521	2
說說而已	说说而已	[shuo1 shuo1 er2 yi3]	/nothing serious/just hot air/	6823	1
死而後已	死而后已	[si3 er2 hou4 yi3]	/until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life/unto one's dying day/	6336	1
萬不得已	万不得已	[wan4 bu4 de2 yi3]	/only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort/	6355	1
往事已矣	往事已矣	[wang3 shi4 yi3 yi3]	/the past is dead (idiom)/	3915	1
為時已晚	为时已晚	[wei2 shi2 yi3 wan3]	/already too late/	6311	1
無已	无已	[wu2 yi3]	/endlessly/to have no choice/	6296	1
業已	业已	[ye4 yi3]	/already/	6614	1
一夔已足	一夔已足	[yi1 kui2 yi3 zu2]	/one talented person is enough for the job (idiom)/	6064	1
已	已	[yi3]	/already/to stop/then/afterwards/	7104	1
已成形	已成形	[yi3 cheng2 xing2]	/preformed/	3411	1
已故	已故	[yi3 gu4]	/the late/deceased/	7104	1
已婚	已婚	[yi3 hun1]	/married/	7104	1
已婚已育	已婚已育	[yi3 hun1 yi3 yu4]	/married, with one or more children/	1652	1
已見分曉	已见分晓	[yi3 jian4 fen1 xiao3]	/the result becomes apparent/(after) the dust has settled/	7055	1
已經	已经	[yi3 jing1]	/already/	7104	1
已久	已久	[yi3 jiu3]	/already a long time/	5249	1
已往	已往	[yi3 wang3]	/the past/	6944	1
已知	已知	[yi3 zhi1]	/known (to science)/	7104	1
已作故人	已作故人	[yi3 zuo4 gu4 ren2]	/to have passed away/	4814	1
已然	已然	[[yi3ran2]]	/already/to be already so; to have long been the case/	672	2
有增無已	有增无已	[you3 zeng1 wu2 yi3]	/constantly increasing without limit (idiom); rapid progress in all directions/	6336	1
讚嘆不已	赞叹不已	[[zan4tan4-bu4yi3]]	/(idiom) to be full of praise and admiration; to marvel endlessly; to be in awe/	366	2
早已	早已	[[zao3yi3]]	/for a long time; long since/(dialect) in the past/	869	2
則已	则已	[[ze2yi3]]	/(literary) used in expressions of the form 不[bu4] + (verb) + 則已\|则已[ze2yi3] ... "either don't (verb) at all, or if you do, ..."/	27	2
誅求無已	诛求无已	[zhu1 qiu2 wu2 yi3]	/to make endless exorbitant demands/	6688	1

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