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zhídào

直到zhídàozhídào
until
From Lesson 34:Reporting a water leak to property management·Hardcore Chinese

Usages of zhídào

停水tíngshuǐ　直到zhídào　下午xiàwǔ　才cái　结束jiéshù。tíngshuǐ zhídào xiàwǔ cái jiéshù.
The water outage will not end until the afternoon.
物业wùyè　直到zhídào　收到shōudào　报修bàoxiū，　才cái　告诉gàosu　我wǒ　上门shàngmén　时间shíjiān。wùyè zhídào shōudào bàoxiū, cái gàosu wǒ shàngmén shíjiān.
Property management did not tell me the home-visit time until it received the repair request.
维修人员wéixiūrényuán　直到zhídào　检查jiǎnchá　了le　阀门fámén，　才cái　更换gēnghuàn　损坏sǔnhuài　的de　零件língjiàn。wéixiūrényuán zhídào jiǎnchá le fámén, cái gēnghuàn sǔnhuài de língjiàn.
The maintenance worker did not replace the damaged part until inspecting the valve.
直到zhídào　水管shuǐguǎn　维修wéixiū　好hǎo　了le，　供水gōngshuǐ　才cái　恢复huīfù。zhídào shuǐguǎn wéixiū hǎo le, gōngshuǐ cái huīfù.
The water supply was not restored until the water pipe had been repaired.
我wǒ　直到zhídào　看kàn　了le　报价bàojià，　才cái　缴费jiǎofèi。wǒ zhídào kàn le bàojià, cái jiǎofèi.
I did not pay the fee until I had seen the price quote.
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