早点 (早點)
zǎo diǎn
Pinyin
Definition
早点 (早點)
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- breakfast
Character Decomposition
Idioms (5)
早出晚归
- 1 to leave early and return late (idiom)
早动手,早收获
- 1 The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom)
早知今日何必当初
- 1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
- 2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
英年早逝
- 1 to die an untimely death (idiom)
- 2 to be cut off in one's prime
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
- 1 lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
- 2 fig. it's not something you can avoid forever
Sample Sentences
早点交货,早点上架,就可以早点收钱啊。
The sooner you deliver the products, the sooner we launch them, and the sooner we can make money.
宁做蚂蚁腿,不学麻雀嘴。你早点做完,就可以早点下班。赶快认真做事吧!
Do more and talk less. If you can finish the work earlier, you can go home earlier. Hurry up and work hard!
只要能赚到钱,这钱我交,这个月我省点就行了,现在家里都盼着我能早点赚到钱,我一定要混出个样子来。(张铁柱从衣服内袋里掏出一个塑料袋,层层剥开,数出一沓小面值的钞票点给骗子),唉,这里是九十八块五,已经是我身上所有的钱了,来,你拿着,带我去厂里吧。
As long as I can earn money, I can hand over the deposit. I'll just have to economize a bit this month. My family are all looking to me to earn some money as soon as possible, so I should really make good on it. (Zhang Tiezhu fishes out a plastic bag from an inside pocket, unwraps it layer by layer, and counts out a wad of small face-value notes for the con man). Agh, Here's 98.50. That's all the money I have on me. Here, take it, bring me to the factory.
对,反正就我们两个,早上的事情也都办完了,就早点走吧。
Yes, it's just us two anyway. If we've gotten everything out of the way this morning, let's go a bit earlier.
你们家长呀,别光顾着工作,孩子的一举一动要尽可能地留意。现在的孩子都早熟,有些事情刚萌芽的时候就要早点发现。
You parents shouldn't just attend to your work. You have to do your best to pay attention to every single thing your child does. Children nowadays mature early, so when some things are just budding you have to notice them early on.
你迟早要遇到这个问题的,早点儿开始考虑吧。
You'll have to deal with this issue sooner or later, you should start thinking about it soon.
是的,其实汤早点喝更好,润肠暖胃。那接下来呢,就上主菜,一般那是肉或者鱼。之后就上配菜,一般是沙拉。然后还有一道甜品,蛋糕啊,水果啊,冰激凌啊之类的。最后一道是上饮料,咖啡或者茶。
That's right. It's actually better to eat the soup earlier, because it lubricates the intestines and warms up the stomach. Then next served is the main dish. Generally it is meat or fish. And then a side dish is served, usually salad. Afterwards, there is also a dessert like cake, fruit, ice cream, and things like that. The last course is a beverage, like coffee or tea.
让他自己走路去吧,学校又不远,他认识路。男孩子要早点独立,我小学的时候都是自己去的。
Let him walk by himself. The school isn't far and he knows the way. Boys need to be independent early. When I was in elementary school, I went by myself.
今天这么堵,幸亏我早点出发,要不然肯定赶不上飞机。
It's so congested today. Fortunately I left a bit early, otherwise I definitely wouldn't be able to catch my plane.