方才 (fāng cái) — just now (formal); only then; not until (after a condition)
Definition
Written/formal adverb meaning 'just now' or 'only then/not until' (often after a condition or 直到). It is more literary than the everyday 刚才.
adverb
just now (formal)only thennot until (after a condition)
Examples
- ，。Tā fāng cái hái zài, xiàn zài bù zhī dào qù nǎ r le.He was here just now; now I don't know where he went.
- ，方才。Děng dà jiā dōu dào le, wǒ men fāng cái kāi shǐ.Only after everyone has arrived will we begin.
- ，。Zhí dào zuó tiān, wǒ fāng cái zhī dào zhēn xiàng.Not until yesterday did I know the truth.
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