zǎo yǐ
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  • 1

    adv.long ago; for a long time

    • wǒ zǎo yǐ bǎ cái liào gěi nǐ zhǔn bèi tuǒ dang le

      早已材料准备妥当

      I've got all the materials ready for you.

    • rén men zǎo yǐ bù xìn rèn tā le

      人们早已信任

      People began to distrust him long ago.

    • wǒ zǎo yǐ gào su tā le

      早已告诉

      I told him that long ago.

  • 2

    adv.dialpreviously; before; in the past

    • xiàn zài dà jiā dōu yòng gāng bǐ xiě zì zǎo yǐ dōu yòng máo bǐ

      现在大家钢笔写字早已毛笔

      Today everyone uses pens to write but in the past people all used brushes.

    • zǎo yǐ dà huì táng li jǐ de shuǐ xiè bù tōng

      早已会堂水泄不通

      The assembly hall was overcrowded before.

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