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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">一向</span> (<span class="pinyin">yī xiàng</span>) is generally used to express a habit, attitude, or ‘set way of things' has continued for a long period of time until the present.</p>
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<div class="deux">Subj. + <span class="hanzist">一向</span> + Habit / Attitude / etc.</div>
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<li><span class="hanzi">他 一向 是 个 好 学生，怎么 可能 会 作弊 呢？</span> <span class="trans">He's always been a good student, why would he possibly cheat?</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">中国人 一向 把 红色 视为 吉祥 喜庆 的 颜色。</span> <span class="trans">Chinese people have always considered red to be a lucky and joyous color.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">云南 的 雨季 一向 来 得 很 突然。</span> <span class="trans">Yunnan's rainy season always comes suddenly.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">他 的 态度 一向 很 认真。</span> <span class="trans">His attitude has always been very serious.</span></li>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">一向</span> cannot be used with verbs involving changes or actions. In this case, <a href=""All_along"_with_"yizhi"" title="wikilink">一直 should be used</a>:</p>
<p>So we cannot say:</p>
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<li><span class="hanzi"><strike>中国 的经济 一向都在快速发展.</strike></span><br/></li>
<li><span class="hanzi"><strike>他 一向 都 在 学 汉语.</strike></span><br/></li>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">一向</span> indicates that a certain state has continued until the present. It cannot be used to express actions in the future. Again, <span class="hanzi">一直</span> can be used instead:</p>
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<li><span class="hanzi">你打算一向在上海工作吗？</span><br/></li>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
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<li>Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 2 (pp. 224-5) </li>
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<li><a href="http://wenku.baidu.com/view/066889f77c1cfad6195fa784.html">‘一向’与‘一直’的多角度分析</a></li>
<li><a href="http://home.meishichina.com/space-239977-do-blog-id-224383.html">‘一直’和‘一向’</a></li>
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