以来(yǐ lái): since (used after a specified time or event)

Watch how each character of 以来 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.

How 以来 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

• 我三天以来没吃一点东西。

  wǒ sān tiān yǐ lái méi chī yī diǎn dōng xī

  I have not eaten anything for the last three days.

• 本世纪初以来，产生了很多进步。

  běn shì jì chū yǐ lái chǎn shēng le hěn duō jìn bù

  Many improvements have been made since this century began.