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Text matches for “既”

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Dictionary lookup matches complete headwords and pronunciations, or words in English definitions. Additional readings, names and variants are linked from their principal entries. Related words are separate, and partial pinyin has its own suggestions. General lexical entries precede names and historical references. Available frequency counts help order comparable matches.

Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. Counts describe written forms across their readings. A missing count is unknown.

既然jì rán

since / as / this being the case

Headword or pronunciation既然

既jì

already / since / both... (and...)

Headword or pronunciation既

既定jì dìng

already fixed / set / established

Headword or pronunciation既定

既往不咎jì wǎng bù jiù

to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom) / to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk.

Headword or pronunciation既往不咎

不咎既往bù jiù jì wǎng

not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones

Headword or pronunciation不咎既往

既来之，则安之jì lái zhī , zé ān zhī

Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.

Headword or pronunciation既来之，则安之

既得jì dé

vested in / already obtained / vesting

Headword or pronunciation既得

既是jì shì

is both ...(and...) / since / as / being the case that

Headword or pronunciation既是

既而jì ér

soon after / later / then

Headword or pronunciation既而

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