從…到…grammar point · tier 2 · 從…到… span from … to …
Marks a span: 從 fixes the starting point, 到 fixes the ending point, and the stretch between is the whole range.
字源 FORM what the parts do
從 marks the start, a path walked out of one place. 到 marks the end: 至 is an arrow landed point-down in the ground, arrival, and 刀 only carries the sound. The stretch between the two is the span.
故事 STORY a scene to remember it by
A tape measure hooks onto the near mark (從), runs out to the far mark (到), and the length stands read off between them.
字源記憶法
框 · Frame
從 [start] 到 [end]
觸 · Trigger
You have a fixed start and a fixed end and want to lay out the whole stretch between them.
序 · The move
1從 + the starting pointis this the point it sets out from?
2到 + the ending pointis this the point it reaches?
3keep start before end, never flippeddoes the order match the real direction?
例 · Examples
1這間公司的上班時間是從from (start)早上八點到to (end)下午五點。
This company's working hours run from eight in the morning to five in the afternoon.