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1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
3 Rome wasn't built in a day

早出晚归

zǎo chū wǎn guī

1 to leave early and return late (idiom)

为时不晚

wéi shí bù wǎn

1 it is not too late (idiom)

为时未晚

wéi shí wèi wǎn

1 it is not too late (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我今天晚上又要加班了。

wǒ jīntiān wǎnshang yòu yào jiābān le 。

I have to work overtime again tonight.

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我还在路上。有可能晚点到。

wǒ hái zài lùshang 。yǒu kěnéng wǎndiǎn dào 。

I'm still on the road. I might arrive a little biit late.

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要不这样，择日不如撞日，我们今晚吃顿饭吧，我现在就去接您。

yàobù zhèyàng ，zérìbùrúzhuàngrì ，wǒmen jīnwǎn chī dùn fàn ba ，wǒ xiànzài jiù qù jiē nín 。

What about this? There's no better day than today, let's have dinner this evening. I'll go pick you up right now.

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嗯…也好，就今晚吧。

ēn …yěhǎo ，jiù jīnwǎn ba 。

Emm...ok, let's do it tonight.

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晚

wǎn

late

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晚上

wǎn shàng

night

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老妈说不要这么晚回家。

lǎomā shuō bùyào zhème wǎn huíjiā 。

Mom said, “Don’t come home so late.”

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在晚会上，她既唱又跳。

zài wǎnhuì shàng ，tā jì chàng yòu tiào 。

She sang and danced at the party.

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但即使反射出去了，因为稀薄的大气层，水星在需要留住太阳光的温度时仍然留不住，所以到了晚上，温度又会急速下降到零下173摄氏度。

dàn jíshǐ fǎnshè chūqù le ，yīnwèi xībó de dàqìcéng ，Shuǐxīng zài xūyào liúzhù tàiyángguāng de wēndù shí réngrán liú bù zhù ，suǒyǐ dào le wǎnshang ，wēndù yòu huì jísù xiàjiàng dào língxià yībǎiqīshísān Shèshìdù 。

But even though the sunlight reflected, Mercury can't remain the heat of sunlight owing to the thin layer of atmosphere. So when night arrives, the temperature nosedives to -173 degree celsius.

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隔天他拖着疲惫的身躯去上班，晚上剩他一个人准备打烊的时候，女孩儿又来了。秦宇显得有点不知所措。

gétiān tā tuō zhe píbèi de shēnqū qù shàngbān ，wǎnshang shèng tā yīgē rén zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，nǚháiēr yòu lái le 。QínYǔ xiǎnde yǒudiǎn bùzhīsuǒcuò 。

The next day, he dragged himself to work. When it was time to close the shop at night, the girl came again. QinYu looked like he didn't know what to do.

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