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自从 (zì cóng) is used to indicate a point in time in the past from which something has been happening up until the present. For example, "自从 (zì cóng) 上个月，我一直在学习汉语 (hàn yǔ)." This sentence means "Ever since last month, I have been studying Chinese."
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Yes, 自从 (zì cóng) is commonly used to express a specific time period, specifically the starting point of an action or event that has continued until the present. It is often translated as "since" or "ever since" in English.
For example, if someone says "我自从来到这个城市以后，就一直住在这里" (wǒ zì cóng lái dào zhè gè chéng shì yǐ hòu, jiù yī zhí zhù zài zhè lǐ), it means "Ever since I came to this city, I have been living here." In this sentence, 自从 (zì cóng) indicates the starting point of the action of living in the city, which has continued until the present.
Another example is "自从我开始学习中文，我的汉语水平就有了很大的提高" (zì cóng wǒ kāi shǐ xué xí zhōng wén, wǒ de hàn yǔ shuǐ píng jiù yǒu le hěn dà de tí gāo), which means "Since I started learning Chinese, my Chinese proficiency has greatly improved." Here, 自从 (zì cóng) marks the starting point of the action of learning Chinese, which has resulted in the current state of improved proficiency.
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