从来

从来 cónglái in a sentence

Never (always)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 3 sentences

从来 (cónglái) means Never (always). Below are 3 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.

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

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 3 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.

Where can I see the full entry for 从来?

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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