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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

而已 [éryǐ]
  1. 1. particle
    我没别的意思,只是提醒你而已
    All I'm doing is cautioning you.
    她只是说说而已,不会真做的。
    She's all talk – she won't really do it.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

而已 [éryǐ]
  1. 1. that is all; nothing more
    我不过是个学生而已
    I'm just a student, that's all.
    如此而已,岂有他哉!
    That's all there is to it!
    这张水墨画不过是位初学者的涂鸦而已
    他失恋的原因只是女孩说两人不适合,如此而已

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

而已 [éryǐ]
  1. 1. 用在陈述句末尾,前面常有"不过""只"等呼应,表示不过如此,相当于"罢了"
    如此而已,别无所求
    我只是提点建议而已,主意还得你自己拿

Examples

这笔生意仅仅保本而已
I only broke even on the deal. 保本
他们的那个条约不过是一张废纸而已
That treaty of theirs is a mere scrap of paper. 废纸
不过是推测而已
mere guesswork; nothing but conjecture 推测
嘴上说说而已
pay lip service
人生也只是个圈套而已 圈套
这只是我的一个想像而已 想像
他只是个一般老百姓而已 一般
他班长的职位是虚的只是应名而已 应名儿
我也是粗通书法而已 粗通
他只是知道事情的大概经过而已 大概

Word Decomposition


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[yǐ]

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