早已

Meaning(adverb)

for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past

More formal than 早就.

Examples

• 我们到的时候，火车早已开走了。

  wǒ men dào de shí hòu, huǒ chē zǎo yǐ kāi zǒu le.

  By the time we arrived, the train had long gone.

• 这件事我早已忘了。

  zhè jiàn shì wǒ zǎo yǐ wàng le.

  I forgot about that long ago.

• 他早已习惯了一个人生活。

  tā zǎo yǐ xí guàn le yí gè rén shēng huó.

  He's long been used to living alone.

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