advance; move up; ahead of schedule
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to move up (a time); to advance; to do something earlier than originally planned
Used when rescheduling an event or action to an earlier time. Can be used with various time expressions (出发, 准备, 结束, etc.).
Wǒ我
men们
jué决
dìng定
tí提
zǎo早
chū出
fā发
，
yǐ以
bì避
kāi开
zǎo早
gāo高
fēng峰
de的
yōng拥
dǔ堵
。
We decided to leave early to avoid the morning rush hour traffic.
Lǎo老
shī师
yāo要
qiú求
dà大
jiā家
tí提
zǎo早
zhǔn准
bèi备
xià下
zhōu周
de的
qī期
mò末
kǎo考
shì试
。
The teacher asked everyone to prepare early for next week's final exam.
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Yóu由
yú于
yì议
chéng程
jìn进
zhǎn展
shùn顺
lì利
，
huì会
yì议
tí提
zǎo早
jié结
shù束
le了
。
Thanks to the smooth progress of the agenda, the meeting ended early.