趁早
chèn zǎo
Pinyin

Definition

趁早
 - 
chèn zǎo
  1. as soon as possible
  2. at the first opportunity
  3. the sooner the better
  4. before it's too late

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

早
zǎo
  1. 1 early
  2. 2 morning
  3. 3 Good morning!
  4. 4 long ago
  5. 5 prematurely
早上
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
早安
zǎo ān
  1. 1 Good morning!
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
一早
yī zǎo
  1. 1 early in the morning
  2. 2 at dawn
大清早
dà qīng zǎo
  1. 1 early in the morning
早日
zǎo rì
  1. 1 soon
  2. 2 shortly
  3. 3 on a day quite soon
  4. 4 promptly
早晚
zǎo wǎn
  1. 1 morning and evening
  2. 2 sooner or later
早晨
zǎo chén
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
早起
zǎo qǐ
  1. 1 to get up early
早饭
zǎo fàn
  1. 1 breakfast
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì],餐[cān]
早餐
zǎo cān
  1. 1 breakfast
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì]
早点
zǎo diǎn
  1. 1 breakfast
明早
míng zǎo
  1. 1 tomorrow morning
  2. 2 tomorrow
清早
qīng zǎo
  1. 1 first thing in the morning
  2. 2 at daybreak
趁
chèn
  1. 1 to avail oneself of
  2. 2 to take advantage of
迟早
chí zǎo
  1. 1 sooner or later
一大早儿
yī dà zǎo r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 一大早[yī dà zǎo]
一清早
yī qīng zǎo
  1. 1 early in the morning
尽早
jǐn zǎo
  1. 1 as early as possible

Idioms (7)

早出晚归
zǎo chū wǎn guī
  1. 1 to leave early and return late (idiom)
早动手，早收获
zǎo dòng shǒu , zǎo shōu huò
  1. 1 The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom)
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
  1. 1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. 2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
英年早逝
yīng nián zǎo shì
  1. 1 to die an untimely death (idiom)
  2. 2 to be cut off in one's prime
趁人之危
chèn rén zhī wēi
  1. 1 to take advantage of sb's difficulties (idiom)
趁火打劫
chèn huǒ dǎ jié
  1. 1 to loot a burning house
  2. 2 to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom)
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó
  1. 1 lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's not something you can avoid forever

Sample Sentences

如果你不想要，想退出要趁早，我没有非要一起到老。
rúguǒ nǐ bù xiǎngyào ，xiǎng tuìchū yào chènzǎo ，wǒ méiyǒu fēi yào yīqǐ dào lǎo 。
If you don’t want that, quit while it’s still early. I don’t really have to grow old with you.
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若有情太难了，想别恋要趁早，就算迷恋你的拥抱，忘了就好。
ruò yǒu qíng tài nán le ，xiǎng biéliàn yào chènzǎo ，jiùsuàn míliàn nǐ de yōngbào ，wàng le jiù hǎo 。
If loving is too hard, go love another person while it’s still early. Even if I’m infatuated with your embrace, I could just forget it.
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