從大學畢業到退休,老王一直擔任教學工作。

From graduation to retirement, Laowang worked as a teacher without intermission.

Ever since his graduation from university until his retirement, Lao Wang had continually worked as a teacher.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 Cóng surname Cong
=1 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
=2 大學 xué the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書 shū in Confucianism
=2 大學 xué
  1. university
  2. college

classifier:

3 畢業
  1. graduation
  2. to graduate
  3. to finish school
4 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
5 退休 tuìxiū to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
6 lǎo
  1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough
=7 Wáng surname Wang
=7 wáng
  1. king or monarch
  2. best or strongest of its type
  3. grand
  4. great
=7 wàng (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
8 一直 zhí
  1. straight (in a straight line)
  2. continuously; always; all the way through
9 擔任 dānrèn
  1. to hold a governmental office or post
  2. to assume office of
  3. to take charge of
  4. to serve as
=10 教學 jiāoxué to teach (as a professor)
=10 教學 jiàoxué teaching; instruction

classifier:

11 工作 gōngzuò
  1. to work
  2. (of a machine) to operate
  3. job
  4. work
  5. task

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