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Simplfied Chinese
一直以来
Traditional Chinese
一直以來
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
yī zhí yǐ lái
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
yat1 jik6 yi5 loi4
Short definition until now
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions since alwaysMDBG icon / until nowMDBG icon / continuously in the pastAdso icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: continuously in the past
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: since always; until now
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC:
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: '
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一直以来(yī zhí yǐ lái) until now
爷爷(yé ye) paternal grandfather
曾经(céng jīng) ever
(shuō) to scold
过的(guòde)
(shì) item
(xiàng) such as
苍蝇(cāng ying) house fly
绕著(ràozhe)
(guā) gourd
飞的(fēide)
声音(shēng yīn) voice
(zài) (located) at
我的( de) my
脑海里 嗡嗡地
(xiǎng) echo
(zhù zhùzhuó) book

All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.

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