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Preceded Expression 才 ¹cái Adv Moment Ago Just 

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¹cái* adv.

① a moment ago, just 

你怎么~来就要走?you have just come, why do want to leave already?

他~回到家里,老王就来找他了。He had just come home when Lao Wang came looking for him.

② (preceded by an expression of time) not until

他九点钟~来,太晚了。Hi didn't come until 9 o'clock, that was so late.

他走了两个钟头~走到。It took him two hours to get there.

③ (preceded by an expression of reason or condition), not unless, not until, then and only then

他吃了三碗~饱。He want full until he had eaten three bowls.

经他解释之后,我~明白是怎么回事。I didn't understand what was going on until he explained it.

③ only (before a number)

现在~八点钟,还早着呢。Its only 8 o'clock now, there is till plenty of time

~五块钱吗?真便宜。Only five dollars? That's really cheap.

◆  actually very/more s.v(used in an assertion or contradiction, emphasizing what comes before 才usually with 呢 at the end of the sentence:  ∼ s.v. ne .

这~好呢!Now this is really good

你~是撒谎!You are the one actually lying!

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