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历来

lì lái

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 歷來

历来 (lì lái) means "always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 历来 means

1. always
2. throughout (a period of time)
3. (of) all-time

The characters in 历来

• 历lìcalendar
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

Example sentences

• 这是我们历来经历过最大的地震。
  Zhè shì wǒmen lìlái jīnglì guo zuì dà de dìzhèn.
  The earthquake was the biggest one that we had ever experienced.

Where 历来 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · lì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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