yě jiù shì

Translation

  • that is
  • i.e.

Examples

  • 她下周日回家,也就是10号。
    She will return home next Sunday, that is, the tenth.
  • 他们将在三天后离开, 那也就是说在六月十日。
    They are leaving in three days, that is to say June 10th.
  • 家父是在三年前离世的,也就是一九七七年。
    My father died three years ago, that is to say in 1977.
  • 他在五年前,也就是十二歲的时候来了东京。
    He came to Tokyo five years ago, that is to say, when he was twelve years old.
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