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to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
HSK 3
to come in
HSK 1
to come up / to approach / (verb complement indicating success)
HSK 3
original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
in the future / future / the future / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to bring / (fig.) to bring about; to produce
HSK 2
to return; to come back
HSK 1
to come out / to appear / to arise
HSK 1
to arrive; to come
HSK 1
always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
HSK 3
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  *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)
HSK 1
(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
HSK 3
to come from (a place) / From: (in email header)
HSK 2
to stand up; to get up / also pr. [qi3lai2]
HSK 1
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
HSK 3
generally speaking
HSK 4
more and more
HSK 2
apparently / it seems that
HSK 4
source (of information etc) / origin
HSK 4
future / tomorrow / CL: 個|个 / approaching / coming / pending
HSK 4
original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course
HSK 3
there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
HSK 4
since (a previous event)
HSK 3
to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of
HSK 2
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
to arrive / arrival; advent
HSK 5
recently / lately
HSK 5
to come (formal) / before / previously
HSK 6
to accept / to take / next / following
HSK 2
incoming letter / to send us a letter
HSK 5
for the past many years
HSK 7-9
always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time
HSK 7-9
take your time / take it easy
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
to be used for
HSK 5
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
next year / the coming year
HSK 7-9
secondly, ...
since ancient times / since times immemorial
as far as I'm concerned
to make a round trip / return journey / back and forth / to and fro / repeatedly
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
this past year / over the last years
running water; tap water
HSK 6
to return / to come back
HSK 7-9
thereby / judging from this
HSK 7-9
South Carolina, US state
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
to be prompted by a sudden impulse / carried away by a whim / to have a brainstorm
Malay language
imminent
to pay a visit
HSK 7-9
Pleiku, Vietnam
origin
HSK 7-9
Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light
generally speaking
external / foreign / outside
HSK 6
incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in; to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
HSK 7-9
natural curls; natural wave
in the past always / for a long time now / until now
to arise abruptly / to arrive suddenly / happening suddenly
HSK 7-9
in the end / finally / as a result
HSK 7-9
always (previously)
HSK 7-9
to approach; to come closer
HSK 7-9
for the past few years
HSK 7-9
for the past several years
loanword
tuberose (Agave amica) / night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka 夜香木)
to earn back (money one invested, wasted etc)
(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
(idiom) so that's how it is; I see
to come and go / to have dealings with / to be in relation with
HSK 6
firstly, ...
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
Here we go again.
(idiom) since birth; for one's whole life
(of enemy forces) to invade; to attack
to have more work than one can deal with / to have one's hands full
to be unable to breathe
Malaysia
to welcome (a visitor or newcomer) / (fig.) to usher in
HSK 6
Sheraton (hotel chain)
the latecomers surpass their predecessors
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
lit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / fig. the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
HSK 7-9
letter from afar (literary)
generally speaking / in general
to bring sth to sb (news etc)
inherent / innate
dealings / contacts / to go back and forth
HSK 6
Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment
the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)
Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
there has never been; has never had / (before a verb) has never
more and more
HSK 7-9
to start over / to do sth all over again
to act recklessly / to mess around
as I see it / in my opinion
to stop

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