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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 + 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.

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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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