从来

从来 cónglái in a sentence

Never (always)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 18 sentences

从来 (cónglái) means Never (always). Below are 18 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他 从来 不迟到。

Tā cónglái bù chídào.

He is never late.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 从来

我 从来 没去过南方。

Wǒ cónglái méi qù guo nánfāng.

I have never been to the south.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 从来

他 从来 不自私。

Tā cónglái bú zìsī.

He is never selfish.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 自私

他 从来 不撒谎。

Tā cónglái bù sā huǎng.

He never tells lies.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 撒谎

他 从来 没有灰心过。

Tā cónglái méiyǒu huī xīn guo.

He has never lost heart.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 灰心

他 从来 不违反纪律。

Tā cónglái bù wéifǎn jìlǜ.

He never breaks the rules.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 违反

他 从来 不欺骗别人。

Tā cónglái bù qīpiàn biéren.

He never deceives anyone.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 欺骗

他 从来 没有作弊过。

Tā cónglái méiyǒu zuòbì guo.

He has never cheated.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 作弊

他 从来 没有看不起谁。

Tā cónglái méiyǒu kàn bu qǐ shéi.

He has never looked down on anyone.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 看不起

这个功能我 从来 没用过。

Zhège gōngnéng wǒ cónglái méi yòng guo.

I have never used this function.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 功能

他吃素, 从来 不碰荤菜。

Tā chī sù, cónglái bú pèng hūn cài.

He is vegetarian and never touches meat dishes.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 荤

他答应的事 从来 都算数。

Tā dāying de shì cónglái dōu suànshù.

What he promises always holds good.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 算数

自 从来 到这里,他一直很忙。

Zìcóng lái dào zhèlǐ, tā yìzhí hěn máng.

He has been busy ever since he came here.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 自从

他 从来 不旷课,全勤了三年。

Tā cónglái bú kuàng kè, quánqín le sān nián.

He never skips class and has had full attendance for three years.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 旷课

公司 从来 没有亏待过老员工。

Gōngsī cónglái méiyǒu kuīdài guo lǎo yuángōng.

The company has never treated its long-serving staff unfairly.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亏待

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From the graded readers

不过我 从来 没有后悔过。

búguò wǒ cónglái méiyǒu hòuhuǐ guò.

But I have never regretted it.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs

我 从来 没见过她这么年轻的样子。

wǒ cónglái méi jiànguò tā zhème niánqīng de / dì yàngzi.

I had never seen her looking that young.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph

我们问她问题的时候,她 从来 不马上回答。

wǒmen wèn tā wèntí de / dì shíhou, tā cónglái bù mǎshàng huídá.

When we ask her a question, she never answers straight away.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher

Questions about 从来

How is 从来 used in a sentence?

This page shows 18 sentences using 从来 (cónglái, "Never (always)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 从来 an HSK word?

Yes — 从来 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

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The dictionary page for 从来 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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