Expressing "all along" with "yizhi"

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Basic Structure

表示动作或状态的持续。

Subject + 一直 + Predicate

Examples

  • 一直 在 现在 的 公司 工作。I've always worked at this company.
  • 从 这里 一直 走,十 五 分钟 后 你 会 看 到 一 个 大 公园。If you keep walking from here, 15 minutes later you will see a big park.
  • 一直 在 说话,烦死了。He is constantly talking, it's such a pain.

Structure

强调一个范围,可以是时间,也可以是地点。经常用在“从…一直(+V.)+到…”结构中。

从 + A + 一直到 + B

Examples

  • 从 早上 六点 一直 到 晚上 十二点,他 都 在 工作。From 6 o'clock in the morning all the way until 12 o'clock at night, he is constantly at work.
  • 今天 我 从 家 一直 走 到 公司。Today I walked all the way from home to work.

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