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早已

zǎo yǐ

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

早已 (zǎo yǐ) means "for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 早已 means

1. for a long time; long since
2. dialectin the past

The characters in 早已

• 早zǎoearly; morning; Good morning!
• 已yǐalready; to stop; then

Example sentences

• 这种方法早已过时了。
  Zhèzhǒng fāngfǎ zǎoyǐ guòshí le.
  Those kinds of methods are out of date.

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