早已

早已 zǎo ㄗㄠˇ ㄧˇ zou2 ji5 HSK 3 高階級 · Level 4

  • for a long time; long since
  • (dialect) in the past

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 早 (1 of 2) — stroke by stroke.

Draw each stroke of the character in order using your mouse or finger. A hint appears after three misses.

Character breakdown

Example sentences

  • 这种方法早已过时了。 Such a method is out of date.
  • 玛丽早已出发旅行去了。 Mary has already left on her trip.
  • 玛丽早已变得太虚弱憔悴,似乎已经半截入土。 Mary had become so frail and gaunt that it seemed she already had one foot in the grave.
  • 如果你把你抱怨的时间用在练习篮球上,你或许早已不必抱怨。 If you used the time you spent complaining practicing your basketball, then maybe you would have stopped complaining a long time ago.
  • 和谐的乐声本身没有情感意象,可是人心中早已存有悲哀之情。人带着原本就郁积于心的哀伤,被本无哀乐之意的乐曲触动,最终心中浮现出来的感受,便只有悲哀罢了。 Harmonious music has no feelings or moods of its own. But sadness already builds up inside people’s hearts. When people full of long-held sorrow are touched by music that is neither happy nor sad, the feeling that comes out can only be grief.

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