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sharonxwong
4 Mar 2015

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What is the difference between 总是 and 一直 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

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yeomjeong
5 Mar 2015

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总是：
从开始到结束反复做一件事keep on doing sth
一直：
从开始到结束只做一件事

zǒng shì ：
cóng kāi shǐ dào jié shù fǎn fù zuò yī jiàn shì keep on doing sth
yī zhí ：
cóng kāi shǐ dào jié shù zhǐ zuò yī jiàn shì
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sakaki
4 Mar 2015

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
  • Simplified Chinese (China)

总是=always，一直=keep on doing sth.

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cexily
4 Mar 2015

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

我总是忘带钥匙。
今天一整天我一直在看书。

wǒ zǒng shì wàng dài yào shi 。
jīn tiān yī zhěng tiān wǒ yī zhí zài kàn shū 。
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yeomjeong
5 Mar 2015

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

总是：
从开始到结束反复做一件事keep on doing sth
一直：
从开始到结束只做一件事

zǒng shì ：
cóng kāi shǐ dào jié shù fǎn fù zuò yī jiàn shì keep on doing sth
yī zhí ：
cóng kāi shǐ dào jié shù zhǐ zuò yī jiàn shì
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