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直到 … ，… 才 … (모두 …까지, …后才发生)
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A late understanding begins at a boundary
- An explanation becomes clear to you only now.
- even now直到现在，I我only then才understand明白。 — until直到 gives the boundary and only then才 emphasises that understanding did not occur earlier.
An explanation becomes clear to you only now. What does 直到现在，我才明白。 communicate?
난이도 1/5 · 100 코인 + 오늘 첫 완료 시 소액 보너스
直到 gives the boundary and 才 emphasises that understanding did not occur earlier. 直到 can also mark a continuing action's endpoint without 才: 我们一直等到十点. Avoid adding 才 mechanically when there is no delayed onset to emphasise.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is until直到 … ，… only then才 … (all the way until). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
until直到now现在，I我only then才understand明白。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Only now do I understand: 直到现在，我 ____ 明白。
난이도 1/5 · 100 코인 + 오늘 첫 완료 시 소액 보너스
直到 + Time + 才 = not until then: 直到现在,我才明白. (直到 + 시간 + 才 = 그 전까지는 ~하지 않았다: 지금까지, 나는じめて 알았다.)
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, even now直到现在，I我only then才understand明白。: until直到 gives the boundary and only then才 emphasises that understanding did not occur earlier.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
What does 直到 mark? ('直到'가 가리키는 것은 무엇인가?)
난이도 1/5 · 100 코인 + 오늘 첫 완료 시 소액 보너스
直到 sets the end-point; 才 says it only happened then. ('直到'는 마지막 지점을 설정하고, '才'는 그때야可能发生来说明.)
Build: “Only now do I understand.” (만들기: “지금 와서야 알 수 있다.”)
난이도 3/5 · 200 코인 + 오늘 첫 완료 시 소액 보너스
直到 + Time，Subj + 才 + Verb: 直到现在 + 我才 + 明白. (直到 + 시간, 주어 + 才 + 동사: 直到现在 + 我才 + 明白)
Know the boundary
- until直到 can also mark a continuing action's endpoint without only then才: we / us我们all along一直to wait until等到十点.
- Avoid adding only then才 mechanically when there is no delayed onset to emphasise.
直到 often pairs with 才. ('直到'은 주로 '才'와 짝을 이룬다.)
난이도 1/5 · 100 코인 + 오늘 첫 완료 시 소액 보너스
Yes: 直到 … ，… 才 … — 才 stresses “not until then”. (네: '直到 … ，… 才 …' 구조에서 '才'는 “그전까지는 ~하지 않았다”를 강조한다.)
Every sentence about an until-boundary must contain 才.
난이도 1/5 · 100 코인 + 오늘 첫 완료 시 소액 보너스
直到 can also mark a continuing action's endpoint without 才: 我们一直等到十点. Avoid adding 才 mechanically when there is no delayed onset to emphasise. 直到 gives the boundary and 才 emphasises that understanding did not occur earlier.
Use the distinction
- until直到 gives the boundary and only then才 emphasises that understanding did not occur earlier.
- until直到 can also mark a continuing action's endpoint without only then才: we / us我们all along一直to wait until等到十点. Avoid adding only then才 mechanically when there is no delayed onset to emphasise.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Prepositions.
An explanation becomes clear to you only now. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.