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

Examples

  • 直到 十二 点 半 ,我 才 做 完 作业 。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 de shíhou, wǒ cái zhīdào jiā yǒu duō hǎo.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 。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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