Expressing "all the way until" with "zhidao"

用于描述过去发生的事时，后半句常常用"才"或"都"连接。

Affirmative Pattern

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.
她直到十八岁才见到亲生父母。Tā zhídào shíbā suì cái jiàndào qīnshēng fùmǔ.It wasn't until she was eighteen that she met her biological parents.
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 dà chéngshì de shēnghuó duōme bù róngyì.It wasn't 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

直到他死，我们 都没 见过。Zhídào tā sǐ, wǒmen dōu méi jiàn guo.We never met till his death.
她们是同学，但是直到毕业，都没 说过话。Tāmen shì tóngxué, dànshì zhídào bìyè, dōu méi shuō guo huà.They are classmates. But they had never spoken until they graduated.
直到电影结束，他 都没 来。Zhídào diànyǐng jiéshù, tā dōu méi lái.He never showed up until the movie was over.
直到十年后，她 都不 能忘记那件事。Zhídào shí nián hòu, tā dōu bù néng wàngjì nà jiàn shì.She could't forget that matter until ten years later.
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.