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用于描述过去发生的事时，后半句常常用"才"或"都"连接。

直到 + Time / Event ，Subj. + 才 + Predicate

直到十二点半，我才做完作业。Zhídào shí'èr diǎn bàn, wǒ cái zuò wán zuòyè.It wasn't until half past twelve in the morning that I finished homework.
直到去了北京，他才知道大城市的生活多么不容易。Zhídào qù le Běijīng, tā cái zhīdào dàchéngshì de shēnghuó duōme bù róngyì.It was not until he went to Beijing that he began to understand that life in a big city is not easy.
直到离开家，我才知道家有多好。Zhídào wǒ líkāi jiā , wǒ cái zhīdào jiā yǒu duō hǎo.I didn't realize how great it is to be at home until I left home.

直到 + Time / Event ，Subj. + 都 + 不 / 没 + Predicate

我认识他一年多了，直到现在，我 都不 知道他的全名。Wǒ rènshi tā yī nián duō le, zhídào xiànzài, wǒ dōu bù zhīdào tā de quánmíng.I've known him for more than one year, but I still don't know his full name now.
直到他死，我们 都没 见过。Zhídào tā sǐ, wǒmen dōu méi jiàn guo.We never met till his death.
直到大学毕业，我才开始一个人住。Zhídào dàxué bìyè, wǒ cái kāishǐ yī gèrén zhù.It wasn't until I graduated from college that I started living alone.

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 *我 认识 他 一年 多 了，<em>直到</em> 现在 ，我 <strong>都 不</strong> 知道 他 的 全名 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ rènshi tā yī nián duō le, <em>zhídào</em> xiànzài, wǒ <strong>dōu bù</strong> zhīdào tā de quánmíng.</span><span class="trans">I've known him for more than one year, but I still don't know his full name now.</span>
 *<em>直到</em> 他 死 ，我们 <strong>都 没</strong> 见 过 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Zhídào</em> tā sǐ, wǒmen <strong>dōu méi</strong> jiàn guo.</span><span class="trans">We never met till his death.</span>
+*<em>直到</em> 大学 毕业 ，我 <strong>才</strong> 开始 一个人 住 。<span class="pinyin"><em>Zhídào</em> dàxué bìyè, wǒ <strong>cái</strong> kāishǐ yī gèrén zhù.</span><span class="trans">It wasn't until I graduated from college that I started living alone.</span>
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