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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
有史以来
since the beginning of history
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
since the beginning of history
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 有史以来 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 有史以来 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
It was the greatest earthquake on record.
Some people consider Led Zeppelin to be the greatest band there has ever been.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 有史以来.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 有史以来.
Directly before
- 是有史以来2
- 视为有史以来1
Directly after
- 有史以来最3
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 有史以来
What does 有史以来 mean in Chinese?
有史以来 (yǒushǐyǐlái) means since the beginning of history.
How do you pronounce 有史以来?
有史以来 is pronounced yǒushǐyǐlái.
Is 有史以来 an HSK word?
有史以来 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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