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益

yì

1. noun benefit

   坚持锻炼对健康有益。

   Jiānchí duànliàn duì jiànkāng yǒuyì.

   Regular exercise benefits your health.

2. adverb increasingly; all the more (literary)

   爷爷年过七十，却老当益壮。

   Yéye nián guò qīshí, què lǎo dāng yì zhuàng.

   Past seventy, Grandpa is more vigorous than ever.

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