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来龙去脉

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Pīnyīn
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HSK
(lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / (fig.) the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
HSK 7-9

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *来* | 来* | *来
7画
come, coming; return, returning
5090.0
DT
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *龙* | 龙* | *龙
5画
dragon; symbolic of emperor
4301
IKP
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *去* | 去* | *去
5画
go away, leave, depart
4073.1
GI
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *脉* | 脉* | *脉
9画
blood vessels, veins, arteries
7323.2
BINE

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
(lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / (fig.) the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *来* | 来* | *来
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来)
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龙* | 龙* | *龙
surname Long
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龙* | 龙* | *龙
Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur
  
  
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
   
   mài
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脉* | 脉* | *脉
old variant of 脈|脉
   
   mài
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脉* | 脉* | *脉
arteries and veins / vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
   
   
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脉* | 脉* | *脉
   
   mài
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脉* | 脉* | *脉
variant of 脈|脉