古来

古來
gǔlái
adverb

Meanings

  1. 1 since ancient times; from of old

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zhōngqiūjié chī yuèbing, gǔlái rúcǐ.
Eating mooncakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival has been the custom since ancient times.
HSK 7-9
Gǔlái duōshao wénrén dōu xiě guo zhè zuò míngshān.
Since ancient times, countless writers have written about this famous mountain.

Tips

usage
古来 means the same as 自古以来 'since ancient times' but sounds literary. It is at home in poetry and in set phrases like 古来如此 'it has always been so'. 王翰's frontier poem 《凉州词》 ends 古来征战几人回 'since of old, how many who went to war came home?'

Stroke Order

古 gǔ
来 lái