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此 [cǐ]
1. This; this one (indicating near reference, opposite to "彼" [bǐ]). Examples include: 此间 (here), 此后 (after this), 此生 (this life), 长此以往 (if this continues), 从此 (from now on), 因此 (therefore).
Translation: This; this one, indicating something close in reference, contrasts with "彼" (that).
2. Here; this place. Example: 到此为止 (up to here).
Translation: Here; this place.
3. So; such.
Translation: So; such.
副词 (Adverb)
乃; 则 (consequently).
引例 (Example): 欧阳修《卖油翁》: 陈康肃公尧咨善射,当世无双,公亦以此自矜。
Translation: Ouyang Xiu's "The Oil Seller": Chen Kang Su Gong Yao was unmatched in archery, and he also took pride in this himself.
例句 (Example Sentences): 例如: 此等 (these), 此地 (this place), 此个 (this), 此家 (this person).
引例 (Example): 柳宗元《黔之驴》: 虎因喜,计之曰:“技止此耳!”
Translation: Liu Zongyuan's "The Donkey of Qian": The tiger, being pleased, calculated and said: "The skill stops here!"
例句 (Example Sentences): 由此往南 (go south from here), 此发彼应 (this comes from that).
副词 (Adverb)
乃; 则 (consequently).
引例 (Example): 《礼记·大学》: 有德此有人,有人此有土,有土此有财,有财此有用。
Translation: "The Great Learning" from the Book of Rites: Where there is virtue, there are people; where there are people, there is land; where there is land, there is wealth; and where there is wealth, there is utility.
lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other