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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

已然 [yǐrán]
  1. 1. verb already be a fact
  2. 2. adverb already

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

已然 [yǐrán]
  1. 1. be already so; have already become a fact
    与其补救于已然,不如防患于未然。
    To forestall is better than to amend. or Prevention is better than cure.
    他错误已然犯了,就更应反省。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

已然 [yǐrán]
  1. 1. 已经是这样
    优胜劣汰自古已然
  2. 2. 已经
    已然为你挨了批评,不能再为你办这件事了。

Examples

与其补救于已然,不如防患于未然。
To forestall is better than to amend. or Prevention is better than cure. 已然
她已经不算年轻,细密的鱼尾纹已然爬上了她的眼角。 细密
他错误已然犯了,就更应反省。 已然
优胜劣汰自古已然 已然
已然为你挨了批评,不能再为你办这件事了。 已然
It's so cold today, it seems that the Winter has arrived.
今天可真冷,就好像冬天已然来临。 arrive
A couple of pages had been torn out of my diary when I came home.
回到家时,我日记本上已然有几页纸被撕落。

Word Decomposition


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