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過早

简过早 · 繁過早

Mandarin · pinyin guò zǎo

premature; untimely
(dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast

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過: guò · pass, pass through, go across
早: zǎo · early; soon; morning
过: guò · pass, pass through, go across

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4–3 · guo4 zao3

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adj

too early; overhasty; premature

verb

(dialectal, including Wuhan Mandarin, Gan) to have breakfast

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