not long (after) · before too long · soon · soon after

bù jiǔ

b+ù·4th tonej+iǔ·3rd tone

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It will not be long before we can take a trip to the moon.

我们不久就能到月球旅行了。

Shortly after the accident, the police came.

事故发生后不久，警察来了。

It was not long before Mr Yamazaki recovered.

山崎先生不久就康复了。

I hope you will be quite well again before long.

我希望不久以后你又能好起来。

In the near future, we may have a big earthquake in Japan.

在不久的将来，可能有一场大地震将在日本发生。

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