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Jyutping daa2 zou2
Pinyin dǎ zǎo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. earlier
  2. long ago
  3. as soon as possible
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    earlier; long ago
  2. adv, Hakka
    early in the morning
    (syn.) 一大早
  3. adv
    as early as possible; as soon as possible
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    例如进攻某一运动中之敌,打早了,暴露了自己,给了敌人以预防条件;打迟了,敌已集中驻止,变为啃硬骨头。
    例如進攻某一運動中之敵,打早了,暴露了自己,給了敵人以預防條件;打遲了,敵已集中駐止,變為啃硬骨頭。
    lì rú jìn gōng mǒu yī yùn dòng zhōng zhī dí , dǎ zǎo le , bào lù le zì jǐ , gěi le dí rén yǐ yù fáng tiáo jiàn ; dǎ chí le , dí yǐ jí zhōng zhù zhǐ , biàn wéi kěn yìng gǔ tou .
    • For example, in attacking an enemy force on the move, if we strike too early, we expose ourselves and give the enemy a chance to prepare, and if we strike too late, the enemy may have encamped and concentrated his forces, presenting us with a hard nut to crack.