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趁早

chèn zǎo

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word

趁早 (chèn zǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “as soon as possible”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

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

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Example

想做的事就趁早去做。

If there's something you want to do, do it sooner rather than later.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).