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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

从来 [cónglái]
  1. 1. adverb
    从来没去过美国。
    I've never been to the States.
    从来未说过。
    She never said it.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

从来 [cónglái]
  1. 1. from the past till the present; always; at all times; all along; ever
    从来没有见过他。
    I've never seen him before.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

从来 [cónglái]
  1. 1. 表示从过去以来(多用于否定)
    从来没跟人吵过架

Examples

他这个人办事铁面无私,从来不留情面。
Impartial and upright, he has never stretched a point to spare people's sensibilities.
从来不跟别人吵嘴。
She has never quarrelled with anybody.
从来没有向人低三下四
have never gone crawling to anyone
从来不干什么工作,整天吊儿郎当的。
He never does any work; he just fools around all day long.
需要他干什么,他就干什么,从来没有二话。
Whatever he is required to do, he does it readily.
从来没发过脾气。
He has never lost his temper.
他俩从来没有翻过脸。
The two of them have never quarrelled.
她负债从来不还。
She never repays her debts.
他说话从来不好声好气,总是板着脸训人。
He never has a kind word for anyone, and is always pulling a long face and lecturing others.

Collocations

从来如此
always so
从来没有
never
从来
all along
从来
never

Word Decomposition


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[lái]

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