Definition
彼 is a literary/formal pronoun meaning 'that' or 'the other'. It's rarely used alone in modern spoken Chinese but appears in fixed expressions like 彼此 ('each other'), 彼岸 ('the other shore'), and 彼时 ('at that time'). As a pronoun, it can refer to the other party in a contrast or to something distant.
pr.
(literary pronoun) thatthose(literary pronoun) the otheranother (party)
Examples
- 。Tāmen bǐ cǐ dōu hěn liǎojiě.They know each other well.
- 。Tā xiàngwǎng bǐ àn de xìngfú shēnghuó.He longs for the happy life on the other shore.
- ，。bǐ shí, tā hái bù zhīdào zhēnxiàng.At that time, he still didn't know the truth.
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