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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 out / to appear / to arise
HSK 1
since (a previous event)
HSK 3
to come from (a place) / From: (in email header)
HSK 2
generally speaking
HSK 4
to arrive; to come
HSK 1
original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
to come up / to approach / (verb complement indicating success)
HSK 3
there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
HSK 4
to stand up; to get up / also pr. [qi3lai2]
HSK 1
to bring / (fig.) to bring about; to produce
HSK 2
to be used for
HSK 5
original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course
HSK 3
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
more and more
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *來* | 來* | *來
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
future / tomorrow / CL: 個|个 / approaching / coming / pending
HSK 4
to arrive / arrival; advent
HSK 5
(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
HSK 3
to return; to come back
HSK 1
to come in
HSK 1
source (of information etc) / origin
HSK 4
always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
HSK 3
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
HSK 3
to come and go / to have dealings with / to be in relation with
HSK 6
to accept / to take / next / following
HSK 2
in the future / future / the future / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to originate in
HSK 7-9
to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of
HSK 2
next year / the coming year
HSK 7-9
guest / visitor
HSK 7-9
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
to come (formal) / before / previously
HSK 6
apparently / it seems that
HSK 4
always (previously)
HSK 7-9
recently / lately
HSK 5
dealings / contacts / to go back and forth
HSK 6
incoming letter / to send us a letter
HSK 5
(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
lit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / fig. the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
HSK 7-9
running water; tap water
HSK 6
incoming letter (literary)
always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time
HSK 7-9
external / foreign / outside
HSK 6
to welcome (a visitor or newcomer) / (fig.) to usher in
HSK 6
(Tw) long-grained non-glutinous rice
to return / to come back
HSK 7-9
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
history / antecedents / origin
HSK 7-9
to approach; to come closer
HSK 7-9
in the past always / for a long time now / until now
never
HSK 7-9
in the end / finally / as a result
HSK 7-9
to stop
since ancient times / since times immemorial
as to / considering / for
to sound like
for the past many years
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / in general
to remember / to recall
(idiom) in order of arrival; first come, first served
in my opinion
to waken
HSK 7-9
(of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period
Laibin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
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
reason; cause
this past year / over the last years
generally speaking
as I see it / in my opinion
take your time / take it easy
HSK 7-9
(idiom) so that's how it is; I see
to get better / to improve / to get well
more and more
HSK 7-9
auxiliary showing sth happened in the past
(idiom) to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb
directly / head-on (collision) / in one's face (of wind)
for the past few years
HSK 7-9
to own up to the facts
to make a round trip / return journey / back and forth / to and fro / repeatedly
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
Here we go again.
for the past few days
stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy
to pay a visit
HSK 7-9
thereby / judging from this
HSK 7-9
to be a newcomer / just off the boat
South Carolina, US state
lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim)
to toss and turn (sleeplessly) / again and again
HSK 7-9
husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
guest
arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing
North Carolina, US state
thus / if this happens then
HSK 7-9

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