until · (used in combination with words like 到 dào or 至 zhì in constructs of the form 到......为止)

为止

wéi zhǐ

WordHSK 5

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Keep your eyes closed until I tell you to open them.

闭着你的眼睛直到我告诉你睁开为止。

Wait here till he comes back.

在这儿等到他回来为止。

He swam until he could swim no more.

他游到不能游为止。

Our task has been easy so far, but it will be difficult from now on.

我们的任务到目前为止很轻松，但从现在开始将会变得很难。

Person of the future: "The calendar of this Unix machine that the ancients built only goes up to January 19, 2038. As such, I am convinced that this marks the day of the Earth's destruction."

未来的人类：“古代文明人所创造的这台Unix机器、它的历法只到2038年1月19日这一天就为止了，因此我确信那一天必将是地球灭亡之日。”

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until · (used in combination with words like 到 dào or 至 zhì in constructs of the form 到......为止)

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