Taxonomy of meanings for 乃至:  

  • TOPIC MARKER
    • VPt0oN{TOP}.+Swhen it comes to N it V-s (then one arrives at > often used when shifting the attention to a new topic in a sequence of topics)
  • UNTIL
    • VPt+N.adS(even) when it came to N,...
    • VPt+prep+N.adVuntil
    • VPt0oS1.postS2to the point when S, to the point of S happening
  • AND
    • VPt+N1.postN2and even