Read Edit View history 从来 cónglái HSK3 always Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 从来 從來 cónglái always adverb Always; at all times; all along; used to express that something has consistently been a certain way from the past up until the present, frequently appearing in negative sentences to mean "never". 你从来什么都不知道。 nǐ cónglái shénme dōu bùzhīdào. You never know anything. 他从来没有停止等待。 tā cónglái méiyǒu tíngzhǐ děngdài. He never stopped waiting. Frequency Movie subtitles 255.8 per million appears in 60% of films Written text 63.6 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Synonym 历来 lìlái素来 sùláiSame as 向来 xiànglái自来 zìlái Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
从来 從來 cónglái always adverb Always; at all times; all along; used to express that something has consistently been a certain way from the past up until the present, frequently appearing in negative sentences to mean "never". 你从来什么都不知道。 nǐ cónglái shénme dōu bùzhīdào. You never know anything. 他从来没有停止等待。 tā cónglái méiyǒu tíngzhǐ děngdài. He never stopped waiting. Frequency Movie subtitles 255.8 per million appears in 60% of films Written text 63.6 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Synonym 历来 lìlái素来 sùláiSame as 向来 xiànglái自来 zìlái Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)