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  *早* | 早* | *早
early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
HSK 1
early morning / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
breakfast / CL: , 頓|顿, ,
HSK 1
breakfast / CL: , 頓|顿,
HSK 2
early morning / CL: 個|个 / also pr. [zao3chen5]
HSK 2
already at an earlier time
HSK 2
for a long time; long since / (dialect) in the past
HSK 3
early period; early phase; early stage
HSK 5
morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future
HSK 6
soon; at an early date / the early days; the past
HSK 7-9
many years ago; in the past / in one's early years
HSK 7-9
sooner or later
HSK 7-9
ahead of schedule / sooner than planned / to bring forward (to an earlier time)
HSK 7-9
at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible
HSK 7-9
from morning till night / from dawn to dusk / all day long
HSK 7-9
as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
HSK 7-9
early in the morning / at dawn
HSK 7-9
as early as possible
HSK 7-9
at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning
HSK 7-9
premature; untimely / (dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast
HSK 7-9
this morning
to be in love when one is too young; puppy love
premature ejaculation
(skincare regimen) Vitamin C in the morning, Vitamin A in the evening (original meaning) / (jocular) coffee in the morning, alcohol in the evening
morning newspaper
to get up early
tomorrow morning / tomorrow
to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time) / to retire early (from one's job)
early spring
morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries)
morning market
(medicine) premature beat; extrasystole
early shift; morning work shift
to have a premature birth
to age prematurely / premature senescence
Good morning!
to leave early and return late (idiom)
a bit earlier
teenage pregnancy / early stage of pregnancy
early demise / untimely death
morning tea
breakfast
previously
early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
previously / before
early autumn
first thing in the morning / at daybreak
precocious; early-maturing
to marry too early
as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
a long time ago
premature / too soon
matins / morning service (in the Catholic Church) / morning chorus (of birds)
(coll.) as soon as possible; as early as one can
morning bus / early train
early frost
to die while still relatively young / to have been dead (for some years)
(Tw) old times / former times
South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong)
to arrive early
early in the morning
early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
early education (abbr. for 早期教育)
(Tw) traditional style; old-fashioned feel; flavor of yesteryear
to know in advance
when?
arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing
if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom) / to regret vainly one's past behavior
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
Good morning!
as soon as possible
premature death
If I had known earlier...
(coll.) Alzheimer's disease
a little early
one's early years
to end one's suffering by dying quickly and being reincarnated / (fig.) to get it over with
at daybreak
to give sb a wake-up call (at a hotel)
earlier / long ago / as soon as possible
morning erection
give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)
Waseda University (private university in Tokyo)
a little earlier
now / at this time / this late
preinitiation
erhua variant of 一大早
early in the morning
brunch
brunch
as early as
morning show (at a theater or cinema); matinee
to die young
to plant early; to sow seeds in early spring
to recover health quickly; Get well soon!
preschool group for kids aged three or less / (Tw) work shift starting around daybreak
erhua variant of 早班
presenilins

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