从……到……再到……
Reach for 从…到…再到… when you want to walk a listener through a progression with at least three stops — a journey, a timeline, a list of stages, or a sweeping range. It is the big-picture version of 从...到..., letting you stack a third anchor that emphasizes the breadth or duration of what you're describing. News writers love it: '从猪湾事件，到古巴导弹危机，再到经济封锁,' '从设计，到生产，再到销售.' The structure dramatizes 'all the way through' — not just two points, but a chain.
Structure
从 [STAGE 1] 到 [STAGE 2] 再到 [STAGE 3]
cóng... dào... zài dào...
How to Think About It
再到 is the rhetorical kicker — it pushes the sequence past 'A to B' into 'A to B to even C,' adding a third stop the listener wasn't expecting. The three slots should be parallel in type: three places, three time points, three stages of a process. Mixing types ('from Monday to Beijing to expensive') breaks the rhythm. Native speakers can chain a fourth '再到' if the sequence really needs it, but three is the natural shape.
Examples
从早上到中午，再到晚上，他一直在工作。
Cóng zǎoshang dào zhōngwǔ, zài dào wǎnshang, tā yīzhí zài gōngzuò.
From morning to noon and then to night, he kept working.
从设计到生产，再到销售，都是我们公司做的。
Cóng shèjì dào shēngchǎn, zài dào xiāoshòu, dōu shì wǒmen gōngsī zuò de.
From design to production and then to sales — our company does all of it.
从北京到上海，再到广州，他一周跑了三个城市。
Cóng Běijīng dào Shànghǎi, zài dào Guǎngzhōu, tā yì zhōu pǎo le sān gè chéngshì.
From Beijing to Shanghai and then on to Guangzhou — he hit three cities in one week.
Common Mistake
Learners drop 再 in the third clause, copying English 'from A to B to C.' Chinese needs 再 (or 又) before the final 到 to signal that a third anchor is being added — without it the sentence sounds like the speaker is repeating themselves.
从北京到上海到广州。
从北京到上海，再到广州。
Don't Confuse With
从...到...
Use the two-anchor version for simple ranges or routes. Add 再到 only when you genuinely have a third stop that strengthens the picture.
从...开始, 然后..., 最后...
More step-by-step narrative for a process. Use 从...到...再到... when the emphasis is on breadth or scope across stages; use 从...开始 sequences when each step is a separate action you're describing in detail.
无论是...还是...
Means 'whether X or Y' — emphasizes range across categories without progression. 从...到...再到... has direction; 无论是...还是... doesn't.
Practice
___ 小学到中学，再到大学，他一直是第一名。
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从
从中国到日本，___ 韩国，他都去过。
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再到
Put in order: [从 / 到 / 再到 / 春天 / 夏天 / 秋天 / 都很美]
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从春天到夏天，再到秋天，都很美。
Translate to Chinese: 'From phones to computers and then to cars, this company makes everything.'
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从手机到电脑，再到汽车，这家公司什么都做。
Describe a typical day or a personal journey with at least three stages, using 从...到...再到...
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Example answer: 从读书到工作，再到创业，我用了十年的时间。 (From studying to working to starting my own company — it took me ten years.)
Hear It in Real Episodes
This pattern appears in 2 Fluentide episodes:
从发电到储能，再到输电，都要改进。(From power generation to energy storage, and then to transmission, everything needs improvement.)
从猪湾事件的惨痛教训，到古巴导弹危机的千钧一发，再到长达半个多世纪的严酷经济封锁，这座加勒比海最大的岛屿始终是华盛顿眼中难以拔除的肉中刺。
Related Grammar Patterns
Acquire by listening
Hear 从……到……再到…… in real Chinese, not in a textbook.
Fluentide picks the next news episode at your level, so this pattern shows up again and again in real context. The transcript marks it, the audio drills it. Free to start, no card.