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早已

zǎoyǐ
adverbHSK 3

“For a long time” in Chinese is 早已 (zǎoyǐ).

Meaning

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

Example

玛丽早已出发旅行去了。

Mary has already left on her trip.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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