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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

目前为止

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mù qián wéi zhǐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
So far/soʊ fɑːr/
adverbial phraseCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"目前为止一切顺利。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverbial phrase
  1. 1

    Up to the present time; until now.

    "We have raised five hundred dollars so far."
  2. 2

    To a certain extent or distance, but no further.

    "I agree with your plan so far, but we need more details."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English combinations of 'so' (from Old English 'swā') meaning 'to that extent' and 'far' (from Old English 'feor') meaning 'at a great distance'. Over time, the phrase shifted semantically from spatial distance to temporal or process progression, denoting limits reached up to the present moment.

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