如此而已 rú cǐ ér yǐ That's it

Explanation

表示事情就是这样，没有别的。通常用于总结或结束谈话。

Indicates that things are just like that, nothing else. Usually used to summarize or end a conversation.

Origin Story

小明和小红在玩游戏，小红赢了。小明问：“为什么我总是输？”小红说：“你的技术不如我，如此而已。”小明叹了口气，如此而已，他只能继续努力练习了。后来，小明经过刻苦练习，技术突飞猛进，最终战胜了小红。小红也欣然接受了这个结果，如此而已，胜负乃兵家常事。

xiǎoming hé xiǎohóng zài wán yóuxì, xiǎohóng yíng le. xiǎoming wèn："wèishéme wǒ zǒngshì shū？" xiǎohóng shuō："nǐ de jìshù bùrú wǒ, rú cǐ ér yǐ." xiǎoming tàn le kǒuqì, rú cǐ ér yǐ, tā zhǐ néng jìxù nǔlì liànxí le. hòulái, xiǎoming jīngguò kèkǔ liànxí, jìshù tūfēi měngjìn, zuìzhōng zhànshèng le xiǎohóng. xiǎohóng yě xīnrán jiēshòu le zhège jiéguǒ, rú cǐ ér yǐ, shèngfù nǎi bīngjiā chángshì.

Xiaoming and Xiaohong were playing a game, and Xiaohong won. Xiaoming asked: "Why do I always lose?" Xiaohong said: "Your skills are not as good as mine, that's it." Xiaoming sighed, that's it, he could only continue to practice hard. Later, Xiaoming, through hard training, made great progress in his skills, and finally defeated Xiaohong. Xiaohong also readily accepted the result, that's it, victory and defeat are common things in life.

Usage

用于句尾，表示事情就是这样，没有别的了。

yòng yú jù wěi, biǎoshì shìqíng jiù shì zhèyàng, méiyǒu bié de le.

Used at the end of a sentence to indicate that things are just like that, nothing else.

Examples

• 事情就是这样，如此而已。

  shìqíng jiù shì zhèyàng, rú cǐ ér yǐ.

  That's just how it is.

• 我已经尽力了，如此而已。

  wǒ yǐjīng jìnlì le, rú cǐ ér yǐ

  I've done all I can, that's it.

Related Idioms

• 仅此而已

• 如是而已

Opposite Idioms

• 另有隐情

• 另有说法