迟早

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 努力的人迟早会成功。▶ —
   Hardworking people will succeed sooner or later.
2. 这件事迟早会被大家发现。▶ —
   This will be discovered by everyone sooner or later.

Collocations

Mnemonic

迟 chí "late" + 早 zǎo "early": late or early, i.e. "sooner or later". Two opposite characters combine to mean it will surely happen, time unknown. Same as 早晚.

Related

Quick check

1. What meaning do the two opposite characters in 迟早 create?

   • surely someday (sooner or later)
   • only very late
   • only very early
   • never at all