历来 lìlái▶ siempre

Stroke order

历来 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

• 历 — 4 strokes
• 来 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. always
2. throughout (a period of time)
3. (of) all-time

Related words

• 农历Calendario lunar
• 历代dinastías pasadas
• 向来siempre
• 来历Origen
• 来源fuente
• 近来recientemente, últimamente

历来 is pronounced lìlái and means “siempre”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 历来 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.