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矣

yǐ

Character

What 矣 means

1. classical final particle, similar to modern {了|le}

Example sentences

• 巧言令色，鲜矣仁。
  Qiǎoyánlìngsè, xiān yǐ rén.
  Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
• 不下雨则矣，一下一定是倾盆大雨。
  Bù xiàyǔ zé yǐ, yīxià yīdìng shì qīngpéndàyǔ.
  It never rains but it pours.
• “巧言令色，鲜矣仁”这句说话，用来形容他最适合不过了。他说的话，没有一句是有诚意的。
  “ qiǎoyánlìngsè, xiān yǐ rén ” zhè jù shuōhuà, yònglái xíngróng tā zuì shìhé bùguò le. tā shuō dehuà, méiyǒu yījù shì yǒu chéngyì de.
  They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it.
• 「巧言令色，鲜矣仁」这句说话，用来形容他最适合不过了。他说的话，没有一句是有诚意的。
  They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it.
• 惜秦皇汉武，略输文采；唐宗宋祖，稍逊风骚。一代天骄，成吉思汗，只识弯弓射大雕。俱往矣，数风流人物，还看今朝。
  Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han, though remarkable in their achievements, somewhat lacked in literary grace; Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Taizu of Song, though commendable in their elegance, still fall slightly short in their brilliance. The proud conqueror, Genghis Khan, knew only how to bend the bow and shoot great eagles. All of them are now bygone, and if you want to count the truly remarkable figures, look to the present age.

Words containing 矣

• 命不久矣mìng bù jiǔ yǐat death's door
• 往事已矣wǎng shì yǐ yǐthe past is dead (idiom)

Characters that look like 矣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 卖màito sell; to betray; to spare no effort
• 昊hàovast and limitless; the vast sky
• 妾qièconcubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
• 坴lùa clod of earth; land

Sounds the same

Read yǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 以to use; by means of; according to
• 已already; to stop; then
• 椅chair
• 乙second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; second in order…
• 蚁ant
• 倚to lean on; to rely upon
• 尾horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc
• 苡used in 芣苡; see 薏苡
• 旖used in 旖旎
• 螘ant; variant of 蚁
• 钇yttrium (chemistry)
• 扆screen