{"id":12783,"date":"2025-06-09T23:06:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=12783"},"modified":"2025-06-09T23:07:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:07:00","slug":"sooner-or-later-zaowan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/sooner-or-later-zaowan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sooner or later &#8211; \u65e9\u665a z\u01ceow\u01cen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/sooner-or-later-zaowan\/#Structure\" >Structure<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/sooner-or-later-zaowan\/#%E6%97%A9%E6%99%9A_zaowan_Verb_Phrase\" >\u65e9\u665a z\u01ceow\u01cen + Verb Phrase<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/sooner-or-later-zaowan\/#A_Song_Named_%E6%97%A9%E6%99%9A_zaowan\" >A Song Named \u65e9\u665a z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#eb904f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Grammar Point:<\/mark><\/strong><br>The Chinese word\u00a0\u65e9\u665a z\u01ceow\u01cen\u00a0literally means\u00a0&#8220;morning and evening&#8221;, but it&#8217;s commonly used as an\u00a0adverb\u00a0to mean\u00a0&#8220;sooner or later.&#8221; That is, something is\u00a0bound to happen eventually, though the exact time is uncertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Structure\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#eb904f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Structure<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E6%97%A9%E6%99%9A_zaowan_Verb_Phrase\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e6b38e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u65e9\u665a z\u01ceow\u01cen + Verb Phrase<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be used to\u00a0<strong>soften<\/strong>\u00a0the tone when talking about something difficult, like giving bad news or encouragement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7a2e<\/span><rt>zh\u01d2ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e82<\/span><rt>lu\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u82b1\u9322<\/span><rt>hu\u0101qi\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7fd2\u6163<\/span><rt>x\u00edgu\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u51fa\u554f\u984c<\/span><rt>ch\u016bw\u00e8nt\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u79cd<\/span><rt>zh\u01d2ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e71<\/span><rt>lu\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u82b1\u94b1<\/span><rt>hu\u0101qi\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e60\u60ef<\/span><rt>x\u00edgu\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u51fa\u95ee\u9898<\/span><rt>ch\u016bw\u00e8nt\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><br>This kind of reckless spending is bound to cause trouble sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u611f\u8b1d<\/span><rt>g\u01cenxi\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u52aa\u529b<\/span><rt>n\u01d4l\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u81ea\u5df1<\/span><rt>z\u00ecj\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u611f\u8c22<\/span><rt>g\u01cenxi\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u52aa\u529b<\/span><rt>n\u01d4l\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u81ea\u5df1<\/span><rt>z\u00ecj\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><br>Sooner or later, you\u2019ll thank yourself for working hard now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9019\u6a23<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8y\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6e05\u695a<\/span><rt>q\u012bngch\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u88ab<\/span><rt>b\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8aa4\u6703<\/span><rt>w\u00f9hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9\u6837<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8y\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6e05\u695a<\/span><rt>q\u012bngchu<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u88ab<\/span><rt>b\u00e8i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bef\u4f1a<\/span><rt>w\u00f9hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><br>If you don\u2019t make things clear, you\u2019re bound to be misunderstood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u767c\u73fe<\/span><rt>f\u0101xi\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6839\u672c<\/span><rt>g\u0113nb\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6c92<\/span><rt>m\u00e9i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3\u9ebc<\/span><rt>n\u00e0me<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b61<\/span><rt>x\u01d0hu\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53d1\u73b0<\/span><rt>f\u0101xi\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6839\u672c<\/span><rt>g\u0113nb\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6ca1<\/span><rt>m\u00e9i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3\u4e48<\/span><rt>n\u00e0me<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b22<\/span><rt>x\u01d0huan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><br>Sooner or later, you\u2019ll realize he\u2019s just not that into you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8eca<\/span><rt>ch\u0113<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u958b<\/span><rt>k\u0101i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9019\u9ebc<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8me<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5feb<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u51fa\u4e8b<\/span><rt>ch\u016bsh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8f66<\/span><rt>ch\u0113<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f00<\/span><rt>k\u0101i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9\u4e48<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8y\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5feb<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u51fa\u4e8b<\/span><rt>ch\u016bsh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><br>If you keep driving that fast, you\u2019re going to crash sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u76f4<\/span><rt>y\u00eczh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56e4<\/span><rt>t\u00fan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6771\u897f<\/span><rt>d\u014dngx\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u88e1<\/span><rt>l\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8b8a<\/span><rt>bi\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5009\u5eab<\/span><rt>c\u0101ngk\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u76f4<\/span><rt>y\u00eczh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56e4<\/span><rt>t\u00fan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e1c\u897f<\/span><rt>d\u014dngxi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u91cc<\/span><rt>l\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53d8<\/span><rt>bi\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed3\u5e93<\/span><rt>c\u0101ngk\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><br>If you keep hoarding like this, your house will turn into a warehouse sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u611b\u4e0a<\/span><rt>\u00e0ish\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u81ed\u8c46\u8150<\/span><rt>ch\u00f2ud\u00f2uf\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5473\u9053<\/span><rt>w\u00e8id\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u665a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7231\u4e0a<\/span><rt>\u00e0ishang<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u81ed\u8c46\u8150<\/span><rt>ch\u00f2ud\u00f2uf\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5473\u9053<\/span><rt>w\u00e8id\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><br>Sooner or later, you\u2019ll fall in love with the taste of Taiwan stinky tofu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Song_Named_%E6%97%A9%E6%99%9A_zaowan\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#eb904f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">A Song Named \u65e9\u665a z\u01ceow\u01cen<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u738b\u9756\u96ef\u4e0d\u80d6 - \u65e9\u665a\u300e\u4e0b\u96e8\u4f60\u7ed9\u6211\u9001\u4f1e\uff0c\u7535\u5f71\u6211\u4e70\u5355\uff0c\u8981\u8fd9\u6837\u4e00\u65e5\u4e09\u9910\u3002\u300f\u3010\u52d5\u614b\u6b4c\u8a5e\u3011\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0GWEPvi6hlk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" 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