剛一 [刚－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to be just about to
  2. to have just started to
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我刚一离开商店，就碰到了我的老师。
    我剛一離開商店，就碰到了我的老師。
    wǒ gāng yī lí kāi shāng diàn ， jiù pèng dào le wǒ de lǎo shī 。
    • I had no sooner left the shop than I met my teacher.
  2. Mandarin
    我刚一出门，就下雨了。
    我剛一出門，就下雨了。
    wǒ gāng yī chū mén ， jiù xià yǔ le 。
    • I had hardly left home when it began raining.
    • As soon as I left home, it began to rain.
    • No sooner had I left the house than it started to rain.