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Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles

Chi is composed of 旡 chi to hiccough as phonetic, with an obsolete radical said to mean the fragrance of grain. It originally meant a small meal, rations, but is now a particle of finality, = since, already, etc.

Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles

Wan is composed of 日 as radical, with 免 as phonetic, 既 is another reading.

Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)



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

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