He says what he thinks regardless of other people's feelings.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
从来不
never
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
never
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 从来不 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 从来不 appears in 51 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
If she was displeased, she never showed it.
Politicians never tell us their inner thoughts.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 从来不.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 从来不.
Directly before
- 我从来不11
- 汤姆从来不8
- 她从来不6
- 他从来不5
- 你从来不4
Directly after
- 从来不会3
- 从来不告诉2
- 从来不听2
- 从来不做2
- 从来不吃2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 从来不
What does 从来不 mean in Chinese?
从来不 (cóngláibù) means never.
How do you pronounce 从来不?
从来不 is pronounced cóngláibù.
Is 从来不 an HSK word?
从来不 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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