yī​zhì​yú​cǐ

to come to such a pass

  1. adverbnumeral
    [suddenness]
    Used before a verb to indicate that an action or situation occurs suddenly or unexpectedly.
  2. to go so far as
    To reach a certain point or result in a certain situation, often used in negative sentences or rhetorical questions to mean "go so far as to" or "to that extent"
  3. pronoun
    here
    (literary) this place or this point in time; here; now