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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

直到 [zhídào]
  1. 1. until
    我们直到昨晚才接到通知。
    We didn't get the notice until last night.
  2. 2. up to
    直到现在我们还没有接到正式通知。
    We've received no official information about it up to now.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

直到 [zhídào]
  1. 1. 直到(某个时间)
    这件事直到现在还隐瞒着。
  2. 2. 直达。

Examples

直到解放,他们才苦尽甘来。
Only with liberation did their misery end and their happiness begin.
我因为事情太多,所以直到今天才来看你。
I didn't come and see you till today because I was terribly busy.
直到现在我们还没有接到正式通知。
We've received no official information about it up to now.
那个队直到半决赛才给刷下来。
That team was not eliminated until the semifinals.
直到那一刻,他才意识到自己有多么无知。
我为这件事忙了一夜,直到东方发白。
I stayed up the whole night on this matter until daybreak.
这两派人马分庭抗礼,直到现在。
The two military groups have stood as equals up to now.
直到收到学校寄来的贺函,他才知道自己被录取了。
He didn't know he was enrolled until he received a congratulatory letter from the school.
我们走了一整天,直到天黑才到达目的地。
Having walked for a whole day, we didn't arrive at the destination until dark.

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