therefore; as a result; so; the reason why

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

old variant of 以[yi3]

to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)

before; formerly; previous; ago

after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future

and; as well as

since (used after a specified time or event)

(idiom) hard to believe; incredible

that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.

apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond

hard to (predict, imagine etc)

sufficient to...; so much so that; so that

that level or lower; that amount or less; the following

(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"

Israel

able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view

with this; thereby; thus; because of this

in the past; formerly

(so as) to avoid; to prevent; (just) in case

so that; so as to; in order to

since the beginning of history

to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case; prepared for any eventualities

in order to avoid; so as not to

to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated

down to; up to; to the extent that...

(idiom) to make an all-out effort

(formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以說明|加以说明[jia1 yi3 shuo1 ming2]); to apply (restrictions etc); to give (support, consideration etc); (literary) moreover; in addition

lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see

(math.) multiplied with

from now on; henceforward

within; less than

(lit.) to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom); (fig.) to deeply long for; to covet

to express; to present; to extend; to tender (greetings, thanks etc)

for a long time now; long since

to give; to impose; to apply

a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)

to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

thousands (of sth)

to punish according to the law; to bring to justice

to the west of (suffix)

hard to endure; unbearable

with the result that

(literary) why; how

to have one's wish fulfilled

down to; up to; to such an extent as to ...; also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2]

to the south of (suffix)

to the north of (suffix)

in order to; so as to