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

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the saying 一言既出,驷马难追 means "lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept". Thus, I'll represent this character with a team of four horses.

Joan of Arc made a bet with a team of four horses that she'd be able to chew 20 chewing gums at once. After stuffing ten of them into her mouth she's already chocking, but what has been said cannot be retracted by a team of four horses.

既 character breakdown

choke on something eaten

Joan of Arc ate something in the space station, but it git stuck in her throat. Now she's chocking and chocking in the space station's bathroom without end.
blunt / tough / chewy

= + : Mnemonic symbol: chewing gum.

= + : The sun hates it when Guy Fawkes is riding his longboard in the encampment. This time, she found out how to stop him: With chewing gum on the floor.
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)

Characters with 既 as component

luxuriant growth / extreme / reach

Words with 既

just as in the past (idiom); as before / continuing as always
lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
past / bygone / the past
vested in / already obtained / vesting
see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zao3 zhi1 jin1 ri4 he2 bi4 dang1 chu1]

Sentences with 既

jì
rán
yù
dì
qǐng
ǎn
lǎo
su̅n
shàng
tia̅n