一直以来
Traditional form:
一直以來
Pinyin (reading):
yīzhíyǐlái
Definitions:
- in the past always
- for a long time now
- until now
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
- 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
- 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
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