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从来

never (before), always, all along

adverb Uncommon #10,982
never (before) Usually used with a negative, such as 没 or 不.
CH: 我从来没去过北京。
EN: I’ve never been to Beijing.
always, all along Often used with 就 to emphasize that something has been the case all along.
CH: 这从来就是我们的家。
EN: This has always been our home.

从来也没看到过你这样子

I've never seen you like this before.

— 爱，没有明天 (2003)

斯宾塞港从来没人卖过书。

No one has ever sold books in Spencerport.

以前他从来不跳舞

He never used to dance.

— 三峡好人 (2006)

从来不需要想起永远也不会忘记

I never need to think of it, yet I will never forget it.

— 三峡好人 (2006)

从来就是这里取的

I've always gotten it here.

— 安德烈·卢布廖夫 (1966)

府上可从来没这规矩啊

Your household has never had such a rule.

— 大红灯笼高高挂 (1991)

和你在一起，我从来也不知道真相。

With you, I never know the truth.

— 八部半 (1963)

来我们这里抢生意这么好的生意占了我们的地方这从来就是我们的地方

You come here to steal our business? This is such a profitable spot, and you’ve taken over our place. This has always been our place.

— 为所应为 (1989)

我从来就没有电视机

I've never had a TV.

— 绝美之城 (2013)

许多人都喜欢你真正的你演员从来就不是“真正的你”

Many people like you for who you really are. Actors are never the “real you.”

— 窃听风暴 (2006)

但从来也没问起过你

But they never asked about you.

— 爱，没有明天 (2003)

这是我从来吃过最好吃的蛋糕。

This is the best cake I’ve ever had.