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从来 cónglái

从来 cónglái Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 从来 cónglái .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cónglái | cong2 lai2
English translation
always
at all times
never (if used in negative sentence)

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Traditional form

從來

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 从来 cónglái

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Cóng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of one person following another.

Positional decomposition

人人 rén rén

Number of Strokes

4
lái

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of lái . Pictograph of wheat. The current meaning "come" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "wheat" is now written as mài .

Positional decomposition

未丷

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 从来 cónglái

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Mài xiàn de rén 从来 cónglái 这么 zhè me Tán huà , 不谈这些 zhè xiē shì .

People in Madison County didn't talk this way, about these things.

思嘉 bèi huí le , 因为 yīnwèi 从来 cónglái 喜欢 xǐhuan 想起 xiǎng qǐ 那个 nà ge mèng .

Scarlett was taken aback, for she never liked to think of that dream.

个人 gèrén lái shuì , 从来 cónglái 会用 de 厨房 chúfáng 炉子 lú zi lái 烘焙 hōng bèi ruǎn Táo .

Personally, I don't bake any PC in my kitchen oven.

zhè shì de 过错 guò cuò ——从来 cónglái méi pèng Guò !

It's not my faultI never laid a finger on her!

他们 tā men liǎ 从来 cónglái méi 翻过 fān guò liǎn .

The two of them never fell out.

从来 cónglái Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 从来 cónglái and their own compounds.

从来 cónglái Compounds

See all 141 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 从来 cónglái in their composition.

  • Cóng
      • shì
        • shì , shì ,
      • , , , , , , ,
      • cuì
      • zuì , suì , cuì , cuì , cuì , cuì , , cuì , cuì , cuì , , zuó , zuì , zuó , cuì , suì , cuì , suì , suì , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • lái
        • Tái
      • lài , lái , lái , , Lái , lái , lái , , , , , lái , , , jiā , lái , xiá , , , lài , , , , , jiá , lái , , lài , , , , , ,
    • jiā
        • qiáng , , , qiáng , , , , qiáng , , , , qiáng
      • mài
        • , miàn , miàn , pào , , , móu , , , , , , , , , , miàn , ,
      • xiá , xié , jiá , , , xiá , xiá , , , jiá , , , jiá , jiá ,
    • xiān
      • chèn , xiān ,
    • zòng , cōng , zòng , cōng
  • lái
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