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

wéi zhǐ

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Karl Marx says, "The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles."

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。”

Why don't you wait here while I finish what I'm doing?

为什么你不在这里等到我做完为止？

So far we have been quite successful.

到目前为止，我们还是相当成功的。

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。

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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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