以来 (yǐlái) means Since (a past event). 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.
Dictionary examples
开学 以来 他一直很努力。
Kāixué yǐlái tā yìzhí hěn nǔlì.
He has worked hard ever since term began.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 以来
长期 以来 这里都很安静。
Chángqī yǐlái zhèlǐ dōu hěn ānjìng.
It has been quiet here for a long time.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 以来
这是他种地 以来 最好的一次丰收。
Zhè shì tā zhòngdì yǐlái zuì hǎo de yí cì fēngshōu.
This is the best harvest he has had since he started farming.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 丰收
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Questions about 以来
How is 以来 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 以来 (yǐlái, "Since (a past event)"), 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 以来 an HSK word?
Yes — 以来 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 以来?
The dictionary page for 以来 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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