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  *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
to stand up; to get up / also pr. [qi3lai2]
HSK 1
to arrive; to come
HSK 1
to return; to come back
HSK 1
to come in
HSK 1
to come out / to appear / to arise
HSK 1
to come from (a place) / From: (in email header)
HSK 2
more and more
HSK 2
to bring / (fig.) to bring about; to produce
HSK 2
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
to accept / to take / next / following
HSK 2
to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of
HSK 2
(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
HSK 3
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
since (a previous event)
HSK 3
in the future / future / the future / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course
HSK 3
to come up / to approach / (verb complement indicating success)
HSK 3
always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
HSK 3
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
HSK 3
future / tomorrow / CL: 個|个 / approaching / coming / pending
HSK 4
source (of information etc) / origin
HSK 4
there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
HSK 4
generally speaking
HSK 4
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
apparently / it seems that
HSK 4
recently / lately
HSK 5
incoming letter / to send us a letter
HSK 5
to be used for
HSK 5
to arrive / arrival; advent
HSK 5
dealings / contacts / to go back and forth
HSK 6
to come and go / to have dealings with / to be in relation with
HSK 6
running water; tap water
HSK 6
to come (formal) / before / previously
HSK 6
to welcome (a visitor or newcomer) / (fig.) to usher in
HSK 6
external / foreign / outside
HSK 6
to pay a visit
HSK 7-9
origin
HSK 7-9
for the past few years
HSK 7-9
to return / to come back
HSK 7-9
history / antecedents / origin
HSK 7-9
for the past many years
HSK 7-9
to approach; to come closer
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
lit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / fig. the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
HSK 7-9
to arise abruptly / to arrive suddenly / happening suddenly
HSK 7-9
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
always (previously)
HSK 7-9
more and more
HSK 7-9
always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time
HSK 7-9
take your time / take it easy
HSK 7-9
next year / the coming year
HSK 7-9
in the end / finally / as a result
HSK 7-9
to toss and turn (sleeplessly) / again and again
HSK 7-9
thereby / judging from this
HSK 7-9
thus / if this happens then
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
to waken
HSK 7-9
to originate in
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
never
HSK 7-9
to make a round trip / return journey / back and forth / to and fro / repeatedly
HSK 7-9
guest / visitor
HSK 7-9
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
it may be assumed that
a Hebrew
to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders / always bossing people around
from birth / by one's nature
unique / unprecedented (idiom)
Polaroid
to be bustling with customers
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
(coll.) (of women) to get one's period
water mains / service pipe / tap-water pipe
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
North Carolina, US state
meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
Sheraton (hotel chain)
to publish / to appear (in print)
blunt / outspoken
(Tw) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call)
North Carolina, US state
to rove around / to run around in circles / to walk back and forth
consistently; always (in the past and now)
future yield (of investment)
Malaya
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after ) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. ) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5]
to crop up / to pop up / to emerge abruptly
come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
to die / one's allocated lifespan is accomplished
to overturn / to turn upside down
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
incoming road / origin / past history
future studies
Malaysia
to emerge (from a comparison) / to come out as / to be competent or equal to

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