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early morning / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
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  *早* | 早* | *早
early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
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
ahead of schedule / sooner than planned / to bring forward (to an earlier time)
HSK 7-9
early in the morning / at dawn
HSK 7-9
as early as possible
HSK 7-9
soon; at an early date / the early days; the past
HSK 7-9
sooner or later
HSK 7-9
many years ago; in the past / in one's early years
HSK 7-9
at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning
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
premature; untimely / (dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast
HSK 7-9
(skincare regimen) Vitamin C in the morning, Vitamin A in the evening (original meaning) / (jocular) coffee in the morning, alcohol in the evening
(Tw) old times / former times
Good morning!
as early as
breakfast
to die while still relatively young / to have been dead (for some years)
precocious; early-maturing
morning newspaper
to get up early
early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
early in the morning
to arrive early
to leave early and return late (idiom)
to be in love when one is too young; puppy love
early demise / untimely death
give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)
to die young
early autumn
matins / morning service (in the Catholic Church) / morning chorus (of birds)
premature / too soon
one's early years
tomorrow morning / tomorrow
earlier / long ago / as soon as possible
early shift; morning work shift
South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong)
when?
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
previously / before
early spring
morning market
morning show (at a theater or cinema); matinee
to have a premature birth
to age prematurely / premature senescence
a long time ago
first thing in the morning / at daybreak
to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time) / to retire early (from one's job)
morning bus / early train
early in the morning
morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries)
to marry too early
premature ejaculation
morning tea
previously
early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe
erhua variant of 一大早
at daybreak
Good morning!
(Tw) traditional style; old-fashioned feel; flavor of yesteryear
to recover health quickly; Get well soon!
early frost
Waseda University (private university in Tokyo)
(coll.) as soon as possible; as early as one can
early education (abbr. for 早期教育)
teenage pregnancy / early stage of pregnancy
If I had known earlier...
(medicine) premature beat; extrasystole
to die an untimely death (idiom) / to be cut off in one's prime
to know in advance
a bit earlier
brunch
(saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so / won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself
as soon as possible
brunch
this morning
arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
erhua variant of 早班
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
a little earlier
now / at this time / this late
lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom) / fig. it's not something you can avoid forever
to give sb a wake-up call (at a hotel)
premature death
morning erection
to plant early; to sow seeds in early spring
preschool group for kids aged three or less / (Tw) work shift starting around daybreak
to end one's suffering by dying quickly and being reincarnated / (fig.) to get it over with
(coll.) Alzheimer's disease
presenilins

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