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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *就* | 就* | *就
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著|着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: ... ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: ... ...) if not ... then must be ...
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *一* | 一* | *一
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *快* | 快* | *快
rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant
HSK 1
not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after
HSK 2
recently / soon / nearest
HSK 2
near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent
HSK 3
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *總* | 總* | *總
general; overall / to sum up / in every case; always; invariably / anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理 or 總編|总编 etc
HSK 3
about to; on the point of; soon
HSK 4
as quickly as possible; as soon as possible
HSK 4
soon after
HSK 5
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *便* | 便* | *便
plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to : then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards
HSK 6
soon / in a moment / to look on as sth happens
HSK 6
as soon as / once (an action has been completed)
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
as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
HSK 7-9
at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible
HSK 7-9
soon; at an early date / the early days; the past
HSK 7-9
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *俄* | 俄* | *俄
suddenly / very soon
soon after / shortly
(to do sth) with dispatch / as soon as possible
to see with one's own eyes / very soon
(literary) very soon / before long
premature / too soon
to take a look at / to examine / to survey / (coll.) pretty soon
to recover health quickly; Get well soon!
to wait a moment / do not go too soon
give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)
soon / before long
nothing else / soon / before long
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
earlier / long ago / as soon as possible
in a day or two; soon
within view; visible / (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later / also written 跑得了和尚跑不了廟|跑得了和尚跑不了庙
extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!
soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health)
a short while / soon
soon after / later / then
It is a great honor to meet you and I regret it is not sooner
unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste
soon
He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
as soon as possible
(idiom) the sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards
(coll.) as soon as possible; as early as one can
(astrology) Mercury retrograde (abbr. for 水星逆行); (coll.) to have a period of bad luck / (TCM) water retention in the abdomen causing the vomiting of liquids as soon as one drinks
before long / soon after
in a short time / soon / before long
as soon as / immediately after
(idiom) no sooner said than done / before you know it
as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom) / fig. you can't put it off forever / sooner or later you'll have to deal with it
(idiom) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil; no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises
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 get married soon after meeting (abbr. for 閃電結婚|闪电结婚) (neologism c. 2005)
to get married soon after meeting


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