LEARN + CHINESE / 296 of 300 HSK 7–9
Always 历来
这家人历来重视周日的家庭聚餐 (“this family has long valued Sunday lunch”). 历来 and 向来 look back over what has consistently been true; 尚 points to a situation that still remains. One pair follows a pattern through time, the other checks what is true now.
这是历来最大的地震。
zhè shì lìlái zuì dà de dìzhèn.
This is the largest earthquake on record.
我向来不迟到。
wǒ xiànglái bù chídào.
I am never late.
他在工作中经验尚浅。
tā zài gōngzuò zhōng jīngyàn shàng qiǎn。
He is still green at the job.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
lìlái | always; throughout history |
shàng | still; yet; to value |
xiànglái | always; all along |
dìzhèn | earthquake |
gōngzuò | to work; job |
jīngyàn | experience (skill) |
chídào | to arrive late |
bìng | illness; to get sick |
chángcháng | often (reduplicated) |
chī | to eat |
chuáng | bed |
dàxuéshēng | university student |
dìtú | map |
dì | (ordinal prefix) |
diǎn | o'clock; dot |
diànnǎo | computer |
diànshì | Tv. |
dōngbian | east side |
fēn | minute; to divide |
háiyǒu | also; in addition |
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