1 old variant of 以[yǐ]

1 before

2 formerly

3 previous

4 ago

1 after

2 later

3 afterwards

4 following

5 later on

6 in the future

1 to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

1 can

2 may

3 possible

4 able to

5 not bad

6 pretty good

1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)

1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)

2 fig. to stick to one's ways

3 to cling to one's course

1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short

2 in a nutshell

1 to have a pleasant journey (idiom)

1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)

2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope

3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation