一向

yī xiàng · yi xiang

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. a period of time in the recent past
  2. (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along; the whole time

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)穿(chuān)衣(yī)服(fu)一(yí)向(xiàng)很(hěn)随(suí)便(biàn),颜(yán)色(sè)、样(yàng)式(shì)都(dōu)无(wú)所(suǒ)谓(wèi)。

He always dresses very casually, and doesn't care about color or style.

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by JSakuragi · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)一(yí)向(xiàng)只(zhǐ)关(guān)心(xīn)具(jù)体(tǐ)问(wèn)题(tí)。

He was only bothered about concrete questions.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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