迟早 (遲早)
chí zǎo
Pinyin

Definition

迟早 (遲早)
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chí zǎo
  1. sooner or later

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 classifier: 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

Idioms (5)

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
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

这种没有什么能力的人，只会幸运一次，不会有第二次，迟早会失败的。
zhèzhǒng méiyǒu shénme nénglì de rén ，zhǐ huì xìngyùn yī cì ，bù huì yǒu dì èr cì ，chízǎo huì shībài de 。
Those incompetent people would only get lucky once. There won’t be a second time. They will fail sooner or later.
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哎呀，我只是觉得，你这样抗拒现代化，迟早要和社会现实脱节的。不换手机，那去弄个脸书帐号也好嘛！
āiyā ，wǒ zhǐshì juéde ，nǐ zhèyàng kàngjù xiàndàihuà ，chízǎo yào hé shèhuì xiànshí tuōjié de 。bù huàn shǒujī ，nà qù nòng gè liǎnshū zhànghào yěhǎo ma ！
Agh, I just think that people like you who resist modernization will become isolated from social reality sooner or later. If you don't want to change your phone, then go and start a Facebook account!
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你们果然等不及了是吧？不然，我迟早要死，何必急着要我现在动手术呢...
nǐmen guǒrán děngbují le shì ba ？bùrán ，wǒ chízǎo yào sǐ ，hébì jí zhe yào wǒ xiànzài dòngshǒushù ne ...
Mother: I know you wouldn't be able to wait and wasn't I right? Well, I'm going to die sooner or later anyway, so why are you so keen for me to have an operation now...
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你账户都给冻了，我怎么疏通？迟早整个账目都会被查到。
nǐ zhànghù dōu gěi dòng le ，wǒ zěnme shūtōng ？chízǎo zhěnggè zhàngmù dōuhuì bèi chá dào 。
Your account has been frozen already, how can I work something out? Sooner or later they will look up your accounts.
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你迟早要遇到这个问题的，早点儿开始考虑吧。
nǐ chízǎo yào yùdào zhè ge wèntí de ，zǎo diǎnr kāishǐ kǎolǜ ba 。
You'll have to deal with this issue sooner or later, you should start thinking about it soon.
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哼，效率这么低，态度这么差，迟早被淘汰。
hèng ，xiàolǜ zhème dī ，tàidu zhème chà ，chízǎo bèi táotài 。
Hmph! Such inefficiency! Terrible attitudes! Sooner or later they'll be replaced.
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相夫教子是女人的本分。迟早要生的。
xiàngfūjiàozǐ shì nǚrén de běnfèn 。chízǎo yào shēng de 。
Helping her husband and raising her children is a woman's proper role. We should have one sooner or later.
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是是是。不过我觉得韩寒迟早会写出有分量的东西的。我挺佩服这家伙的，赛车，写书，办杂志，样样都是天才。不愧是80后的佼佼者。
shì shì shì 。bùguò wǒ juéde Hán Hán chízǎo huì xiěchū yǒu fènliang de dōngxi de 。wǒ tǐng pèifú zhè jiāhuo de ，sàichē ，xiě shū ，bàn zázhì ，yàngyàng dōu shì tiāncái 。bùkuì shì bālíng hòu de jiǎojiǎozhě 。
Right, right, right. However, I think Han Han will sooner or later write something of importance. I really admire that guy – racing cars, writing books, putting out magazines; he's talented in every way. He's worthy of being called the most outstanding person born in the 80's.
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既然迟早要进军非洲，何不早点行动占领先机？况且，现在政府正鼓励国内企业往非洲投资，肯定会有很多优惠措施。
jìrán chízǎo yào jìnjūn fēizhōu ，hé bù zǎodiǎn xíngdòng zhànlǐng xiānjī ？kuàngqiě ，xiànzài zhèngfǔ zhèng gǔlì guónèi qǐyè wǎng fēizhōu tóuzī ，kěndìng huì yǒu hěn duō yōuhuì cuòshī 。
Since we're going to go into Africa sooner or later, why not take decisive action early to get a head start? Moreover, the government right now is encouraging domestic businesses to invest in Africa; there are sure to be many measures favorable to Chinese companies.
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其实呢，混合动力车也是大势所趋，迟早要普及的。许多新能源不断被开发出来，像电能、氢气、太阳能甚至生物能都被逐步地应用到汽车上。特别在倡导环保方面，国外开混合动力车就是一种潮流。
qíshí ne ，hùnhé dònglì chē yě shì dàshìsuǒqū ，chízǎo yào pǔjí de 。xǔduō bùduàn bèi kāifā chūlái ，xiàng diànnéng 、qīngqì 、tàiyángnéng shènzhì shēngwùnéng dōu bèi zhúbù de yìngyòng dào qìchē shàng 。tèbié zài chàngdǎo huánbǎo fāngmiàn ， kāi hùnhé dònglì chē jiù shì yī zhǒng cháoliú 。
Actually, hybrid cars are the current trend. Sooner or later, they'll be common enough. Many new forms of energy being developed and released like electricity, hydrogen power, solar power and even bio-energy, will all gradually be applied to vehicles. Especially because of the ways in which they promote environmental friendliness, abroad, hybrid cars are a kind of craze.
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