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title: "从…到… in Chinese Grammar: From … to …, With Examples"
description: "从…到…: from … to …. A range in time, place or amount. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/cong-dao"
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[Chinese grammar](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar)

# 从…到…

From … to …

A range in time, place or amount.

## In stories

他们说了很长时间，**从工作说到天气**，从天气说到家里的小狗。

[墙上的照片 · The photo on the wall](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/photo-on-the-wall#library-word-317-324) HSK 3

两个人**从晚上打到天亮**。

[猪八戒 · Pigsy Joins](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/pigsy-joins-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-15#library-word-465-472) HSK 3

**从早上打到中午**，谁也打不赢谁。

[黑熊精 · The Black Bear Demon](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-black-bear-demon-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-14#library-word-125-132) HSK 3

那儿放着很多花盆，**从这边一直放到那边**，一共几十个。

[七楼 · 第十二天 · The Seventh Floor, Episode 12: The Roof Room](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-12-the-roof-room#library-word-229-238) HSK 3

[Read 墙上的照片](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/photo-on-the-wall#library-word-317-324)

## More patterns

- [从…开始/起 starting from …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/cong-kaishi)
- [直到 until; not until](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zhidao)
- [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)
- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [verb + 得 + complement says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-de-c)
- […的时候 when …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-shihou)

## What does 从…到… mean in Chinese?

From … to …. A range in time, place or amount.

## How common is 从…到…?

It comes up in 24 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

No. It shows which patterns a text uses and what each one does; it doesn’t mark errors. Paste a sentence you wrote to see whether it uses the pattern you meant.

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- [Free Chinese stories](https://mandarinthewild.com/library)

Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.