CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

长久以来

chángjiǔyǐlái

for a long time now; long since

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

for a long time now; long since

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 长久以来 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 长久以来 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

长久以来我都很早就寝。cháng jiǔ yǐ lái wǒ dōu hěn zǎo jiù qǐn。

For a long time, I've had a habit of going to bed early.

就是这个答案，让那些长久以来被灌输要嘲讽、害怕和怀疑自身能力的人们把他们的手放在历史的弧线上，将它弯向一个更美好的一天的希望。jiù shì zhè ge dá àn， ràng nà xiē cháng jiǔ yǐ lái bèi guàn shū yào cháo fěng、 hài pà hé huái yí zì shēn néng lì de rén men bǎ tā men de shǒu fàng zài lì shǐ de hú xiàn shàng， jiāng tā wān xiàng yí gè gèng měi hǎo de yī tiān de xī wàng。

It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long, by so many, to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve, to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

谢谢大家长久以来对我们的支持。xiè xiè dà jiā cháng jiǔ yǐ lái duì wǒ men de zhī chí。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 长久以来.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 长久以来.

Directly before

那些长久以来1
大家长久以来1

Directly after

长久以来被1
长久以来我1
长久以来对1

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 长久以来

What does 长久以来 mean in Chinese?

长久以来 (chángjiǔyǐlái) means for a long time now; long since.

How do you pronounce 长久以来?

长久以来 is pronounced chángjiǔyǐlái.

Is 长久以来 an HSK word?

长久以来 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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