自打 (zì dá) — (conjunction, colloquial) ever since, from (a point in time)

Definition

Examples

• 自打他来了以后，公司就变好了。
  zì dá Tā lái le yǐ hòu, gōng sī jiù biàn hǎo le.
  Ever since he came, the company has improved.
• 自打去年开始，我就没再见过她。
  zì dá Qù nián kāi shǐ, wǒ jiù méi zài jiàn guò tā.
  Since last year, I haven't seen her again.
• 自打学了中文，他每天都看中国新闻。
  zì dá Xué le zhōng wén, tā měi tiān dōu kàn zhōng guó xīn wén.
  Ever since he started learning Chinese, he reads Chinese news every day.