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Chinese dictionary
- 1
adv.long ago; for a long time
我早已把材料给你准备妥当了。
I've got all the materials ready for you.
人们早已不信任他了。
People began to distrust him long ago.
我早已告诉他了。
I told him that long ago.
- 2
adv.dialpreviously; before; in the past
现在大家都用钢笔写字,早已都用毛笔。
Today everyone uses pens to write but in the past people all used brushes.
早已,大会堂里挤得水泄不通。
The assembly hall was overcrowded before.
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