Expressing "all the way until" with "zhidao"
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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。
Affirmative Pattern
Structure
直到 + Time / Event ,Subj. + 才 ⋯⋯
Negative Pattern
Structure
直到 + Time Word / [Verb Phrase] ,Subj. + 都 + 不 / 没 + Predicate
Examples
- 直到 周五 晚上 ,我们 才 做好 这个 活动 方案 。It was not until Friday evening that we finished this activity program.
- 直到 去 了 北京 ,他 才 知道 大城市 的 生活 多么 不容易 。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。I didn't realize how great it is to be at home until I left it.
- 我 认识 他 一年 多 了,直到 现在 ,我 都 不 知道 他 的 全名 。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 。We never met till his death.