Difference between revisions of "Expressing "always previously" with "xianglai""

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== Structure ==
 
== Structure ==
  
向来 is used the same structure as 从来.You can use an optional 都 after the 向来.The basic meaning of 向来 is that something is always like that until the present.  
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向来 is used the same structure as 从来.You can use an optional 都 after the 向来.The basic meaning of 向来 is that something is always like that until the present. 一向 has the same meaning and structure as 向来。
  
 
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== Sources and further reading ==
 
== Sources and further reading ==
  
=== Books ===
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=== Dictionaries ===
  
=== Dictionaries ===
 
 
* [[现代汉语词典(第5版)]] (pp. 1489) [http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8/dp/B001B1RZCI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345693609&sr=8-1 →buy]
 
* [[现代汉语词典(第5版)]] (pp. 1489) [http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8/dp/B001B1RZCI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345693609&sr=8-1 →buy]
  

Revision as of 09:26, 27 April 2013

向来 is pretty much the same as 从来, exept that 从来 is almost always used with negation (sentences with 不 or 没).

Structure

向来 is used the same structure as 从来.You can use an optional 都 after the 向来.The basic meaning of 向来 is that something is always like that until the present. 一向 has the same meaning and structure as 向来。

Subject + 向来(都) + Verb/Verb Phrase

Examples

  • 我 父母 向来 说 我 不可以 跟 你们 一起 出去 玩儿,所以 我 这 一 次 不 敢 问 他们。
  • 向来 努力,所以 我 每 一 次 考试 都 得 满分。
  • 那个 足球 队员 一向 被 称为 “金脚”,因为 他 踢 足球 踢 得 非常 好。

See also

Sources and further reading

Dictionaries

HSK6