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<h1>Expressing "since the beginning" with "yixiang"
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<p>一向 (yī xiàng) 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>

<h2>Contents</h2>

  
<div class="contents"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1 Structure </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2 Examples </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3 See also </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4 Sources and further reading </span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.1 Books </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.2 Websites</span></li>
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<h3>Structure</h3>

<div class="deux">Subj. + 一向 + Habit / Attitude / etc.
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<h3>Examples</h3>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">他 一向 是 个 好 学生，怎么 可能 会 作弊 呢？
He's always been a good student, why would he possibly cheat? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">中国人 一向 把 红色 视为 吉祥 喜庆 的 颜色。
Chinese people have always considered red to be a lucky and joyous color. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">云南 的 雨季 一向 来 得 很 突然。
Yunnan's rainy season always comes suddenly. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">他 的 态度 一向 很 认真。
His attitude has always been very serious.</span><br/></li>
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<p>一向 cannot be used with verbs involving changes or actions. In this case, 一直 should be used:</p>

<p>So we cannot say:</p>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><strike><span style="font-size: 20px;">中国 的经济 一向都在快速发展. </span><span style="font-size: 20px;">他 一向 都 在 学 汉语.</span></strike></li>
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<p>一向 indicates that a certain state has continued until the present. It cannot be used to express actions in the future. Again, 一直 can be used instead:</p>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你打算一向在上海工作吗？</span><br/></li>
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<h3>See also</h3>

<h3>Sources and further reading</h3>

<h4>Books</h4>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 2 (pp. 224-5) →buy</span><br/></li>
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<h4>Websites</h4>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">‘一向’与‘一直’的多角度分析 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">‘一直’和‘一向’</span><br/></li>
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