ye3
surname Ye

ye3
also; too; (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation

strokes 3
radical
strokes after radical 2
不提也罢 不提也罷 bu4 ti2 ye3 ba4
best not to mention it; drop it; never mind; let's not talk about it

成也萧何,败也萧何 成也蕭何,敗也蕭何 cheng2 ye3 xiao1 he2 - bai4 ye3 xiao1 he2
lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信 being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军; fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor

空空如也 空空如也 kong1 kong1 ru2 ye3
as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous; hollow; empty (argument, head etc)

来而不往非礼也 來而不往非禮也 lai2 er2 bu4 wang3 fei1 li3 ye3
not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical); to respond in kind

满口之乎者也 滿口之乎者也 man3 kou3 zhi1 hu1 zhe3 ye3
mouth full of literary phrases; to spout the classics

人之将死,其言也善 人之將死,其言也善 ren2 zhi1 jiang1 si3 - qi2 yan2 ye3 shan4
words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)

食色性也 食色性也 shi2 se4 xing4 ye3
Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).; By nature we desire food and sex.

躺着也中枪 躺著也中槍 tang3 zhe5 ye3 zhong4 qiang1
(lit.) to get shot even when lying down; (fig.) to get unjustly ridiculed, attacked, implicated in sth etc while just being present (Internet slang); abbr. to 躺槍|躺枪

梯也尔 梯也爾 ti1 ye3 er3
Adolphe Thiers

陀思妥也夫斯基 陀思妥也夫斯基 tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye3 fu1 si1 ji1
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚; also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基

维也纳 維也納 wei2 ye3 na4
Vienna, capital of Austria

我也是醉了 我也是醉了 wo3 ye3 shi4 zui4 le5
(Internet slang) I can't even...; Are you kidding me!; OMG!

吾生也有涯,而知也无涯 吾生也有涯,而知也無涯 wu2 sheng1 ye3 you3 ya2 - er2 zhi1 ye3 wu2 ya2
Life is short, learning is limitless; Ars longa, vita brevis

也罢 也罷 ye3 ba4
(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)

也好不到哪里去 也好不到哪裡去 ye3 hao3 bu4 dao4 na3 li3 qu4
just as bad; not much better

也好不了多少 也好不了多少 ye3 hao3 bu5 liao3 duo1 shao3
hardly any better; just as bad

也就是 也就是 ye3 jiu4 shi4
that is; i.e.

也就是说 也就是說 ye3 jiu4 shi4 shuo1
in other words; that is to say; so; thus

也门 也門 ye3 men2
Yemen

也许 也許 ye3 xu3
perhaps; maybe

也有今天 也有今天 ye3 you3 jin1 tian1
(coll.) to get one's just deserts; to serve sb right; to get one's share of (good or bad things); every dog has its day

再也 再也 zai4 ye3
(not) any more

之乎者也 之乎者也 zhi1 hu1 zhe3 ye3
four common characters of classical Chinese (idiom); fig. semi-incomprehensible talk; double Dutch; all Greek to me