向
xiàng
towards; to face
In a story
那年他父亲病得很重，要做手术，他就向胡明借了二十万元。That year his father had been very ill and needed an operation, so he had borrowed two hundred thousand yuan from Hu Ming.译错的一个字 · One Word Wrong · HSK 6
Grammar with 向
向
向 — toward / to (facing)
趋向补语
趋向补语 — directional complements
趋向补语（引申义）
起来／下去／出来 — extended (figurative) directional complements
向来
向来 — always, all along
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