Definition
“从来不” is an adverbial phrase meaning 'never (throughout the past up to now)'. It emphasizes that an action or state has not occurred even once from the speaker's perspective up to the present. You must use it with a negative verb phrase — it already contains 不, so you do not add another 不 or 没. The structure is: 从来不 + Verb. It is stronger and more emphatic than 从不 or 从不曾. Common in spoken and written Chinese.
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never (emphasizing the entire past up to the present)
Examples
- 从来不,。Wǒ cóng lái bù hē jiǔ, yě bù xī yān.I never drink alcohol, and I don't smoke either.
- 从来不,。Tā shàngbān cóng lái bù chídào, fēicháng shǒushí.He is never late for work; he is very punctual.
- 从来不,。Tā cóng lái bù qǐng bìngjià, shēntǐ yìzhí hěn hǎo.She never takes sick leave; she has always been in good health.
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