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Although perhaps more often used in the negative to mean &quot;[https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Never never],&quot; 从来 (cónglái) can be used with [https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E9%83%BD 都] (dōu) to mean &quot;always&quot; or &quot;have always (done).&quot;

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== <span id="Structure" class="mw-headline">Structure</span> ==

Without the negative adverbs 不 and 没, 从来 takes on the meaning of &quot;always.&quot; (Literally, 从来 means something like &quot;from the beginning,&quot; although no one is really thinking that phrase when they use it.) When used in the positive, though, it is customary to put the adverb 都 after 从来.

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* 他 ''从来 都'' 这样 。<span class="pinyin">Tā ''cónglái dōu'' zhèyàng.</span><span class="trans">He's always like this.</span>
* 她 ''从来 都'' 这么 晚 睡 。<span class="pinyin">Tā ''cónglái dōu'' zhème wǎn shuì.</span><span class="trans">She's always gone to bed so late.</span>
* 他 说话 ''从来 都'' 很 大声 。<span class="pinyin">Tā shuōhuà ''cónglái dōu'' hěn dàshēng.</span><span class="trans">He's always spoken very loudly.</span>
* 她 买 衣服 ''从来 都'' 只 买 名牌 。<span class="pinyin">Tā mǎi yīfu ''cónglái dōu'' zhǐ mǎi míngpái.</span><span class="trans">She always buys brand-name clothes when she goes shopping.</span>
* 这个 国家 的 女孩 ''从来 都'' 很早 结婚 。<span class="pinyin">Zhège guójiā de nǚhái ''cónglái dōu'' hěn zǎo jiéhūn.</span><span class="trans">Girls in this country always get married at a very young age.</span>
* 我们 学校 的 学生 ''从来 都'' 只 能 穿 校服 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen xuéxiào de xuéshēng ''cónglái dōu'' zhǐ néng chuān xiàofú.</span><span class="trans">Students in our school can only wear school uniforms.</span>
* 我们 下棋 ，''从来 都'' 是 他 赢 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen xiàqí, ''cónglái dōu'' shì tā yíng.</span><span class="trans">He always wins when we play chess.</span>
* 我 ''从来 都'' 一个人 住 ，已经 习惯 了 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ ''cónglái dōu'' yīgèrén zhù, yǐjīng xíguàn le.</span><span class="trans">I've always lived alone; I'm used to it already.</span>
* 成功 ''从来 都'' 要 靠 自己 努力 。<span class="pinyin">Chénggōng ''cónglái dōu'' yào kào zìjǐ nǔlì.</span><span class="trans">Success always depends on working hard by oneself.</span>


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== <span id="See_Also" class="mw-headline">See Also</span> ==

* [https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%22Never%22_with_%22conglai%22 &quot;Never&quot; with &quot;conglai&quot;]
* [https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%22Always%22_as_a_complaint_with_%22laoshi%22 &quot;Always&quot; as a complaint with &quot;laoshi&quot;]
* [https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%22Always%22_with_%22zongshi%22 &quot;Always&quot; with &quot;zongshi&quot;]

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* Yale Chinese Usage Dictionary: [http://comet.cls.yale.edu/chineseusagedictionary/0119.html Usage of 从来]

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