已

已 [yǐ] 动

1. ■ （停止） stop; cease; end:

死而后已 no release until death;

争论不已 argue endlessly; be bogged down in endless argument

2. ■ [书] （罢免） dismiss [remove] from office

3. ■ [书] （完毕） finish

副

1. ■ （已经） already:

为时已晚。 It's too late.

问题已解决。 The problem has already been solved。

我早已去过那里了， 所以我不想再去了。 I've been there already, so I don't want to go again.

雨季已过。 The rainy season is over.

2. ■ [书] （后来; 过了一会儿） thereafter; afterwards:

已而 later on; shortly afterwards

3. ■ [书] （太; 过） too:

不为已甚 refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment, etc.