Definition
溢 (yì) means 'to overflow, spill over' — liquid rising above the brim of a container. For water spreading widely, use 漫 (màn) or 泛滥 (fàn làn, flood). In its literary sense 'to be excessive', 溢 is used for emotions or praise, while 过量 (guò liàng) is for exceeding a quantity and 过剩 (guò shèng) for surplus of supply/energy.
verb
to overflowto spill over(literary) to exceedto be excessive
Easily confused
- 一yīsound-alikeone; a (used before measure words)
- 以yǐsound-alike(preposition) by means of; using
- 已yǐsound-alikealready
- 移yísound-aliketo move, to shift
- 亿yìsound-alike100 million
- 依yīsound-alike(verb) to rely on, to depend on
- 亦yìsound-alikealso; as well
- 乙yǐsound-alikesecond of the ten Heavenly Stems (天干); second in order; B
- 姨yísound-alikematernal aunt (mother's sister)
- 议yìsound-aliketo discuss; to deliberate
Examples
- 。Bēizi lǐ de shuǐ yì chūlái le.The water in the cup overflowed.
- ，。Tīng dào zhège xiāoxi, tā xǐyuè yì yú yán biǎo.On hearing the news, his joy overflowed in his expression.
- ，。Zhè piān wénzhāng yì měi zhī cí tài duō, bú tài kèguān.This article has too much excessive praise and is not very objective.
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