历来 lìlái always
always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time
How to remember 历来: 历 experience + 来 come = always.
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- 'Always, all along, throughout history' - 我们历来重视教育 (wǒmen lìlái zhòngshì jiàoyù) we have always attached importance to education.
- An adverb asserting a consistent stance/practice held from the past to now; more emphatic and formal than 一直 (yìzhí).