早知道 [－－－]

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Pinyin zǎo zhī dao

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. If I had known earlier...
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    如果我早知道你在这儿的话，我马上就来了。
    如果我早知道你在這兒的話，我馬上就來了。
    rú guǒ wǒ zǎo zhī dao nǐ zài zhè er de huà ， wǒ mǎ shàng jiù lái le 。
    • If I had known that you were here, I would have come at once.
  2. Mandarin
    如果我早知道，我不会跟她说这种话。
    如果我早知道，我不會跟她説這種話。
    rú guǒ wǒ zǎo zhī dao ， wǒ bù huì gēn tā shuō zhè zhǒng huà 。
    • Had I known that, I wouldn't have said such a thing to her.
  3. Mandarin
    如果我早知道他的地址，我早就给他写信了。
    如果我早知道他的地址，我早就給他寫信了。
    rú guǒ wǒ zǎo zhī dao tā de dì zhǐ ， wǒ zǎo jiù gěi tā xiě xìn le 。
    • Had I known her address, I would have written to her.
  4. Mandarin
    早知道我不应该打电话给他。
    早知道我不應該打電話給他。
    zǎo zhī dao wǒ bù yīng gāi dǎ diàn huà gěi tā 。
    • I should have known better than to call him.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我早知道他不是个好玩意儿。
    我早知道他不是個好玩意兒。
    wǒ zǎo zhī dào tā bù shì ge hǎo wán yì r5 ．
    • I knew all along that he was no good.