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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 return; to come back
HSK 1
to come in
HSK 1
to come out / to appear / to arise
HSK 1
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
to accept / to take / next / following
HSK 2
original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
to bring / (fig.) to bring about; to produce
HSK 2
to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of
HSK 2
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 up / to approach / (verb complement indicating success)
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
(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
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
apparently / it seems that
HSK 4
recently / lately
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 (formal) / before / previously
HSK 6
to welcome (a visitor or newcomer) / (fig.) to usher in
HSK 6
external / foreign / outside
HSK 6
origin
HSK 7-9
for the past few years
HSK 7-9
to return / to come back
HSK 7-9
for the past many years
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
always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time
HSK 7-9
take your time / take it easy
HSK 7-9
in the end / finally / as a result
HSK 7-9
thereby / judging from this
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
to waken
HSK 7-9
thus / if this happens then
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
(idiom) since birth; for one's whole life
(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]
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
this past year / over the last years
Malaya / Malaysia
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
to rush over
to start over / to do sth all over again
from the beginning / always / to come of one's own accord
secondly, ...
it may be assumed that
from birth / by one's nature
since the beginning of history
consistently; always (in the past and now)
since ancient times
(Tw) pineapple (from Taiwanese 王梨, Tai-lo pr. [ông-lâi])
inherent / innate
in the past few days / lately
to calculate / to estimate / in total / all told / (fig.) if you think about it
to be unable to breathe
to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life
since ancient times / since times immemorial
refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it!
to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules / to mess with sth / to make a hash of things / to cause trouble
to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location
stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy
awkward / embarrassed / cannot be accomplished
to overturn / to turn upside down
to come with a specific purpose in mind
to come one after the other
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
to come from far away
to arrive early
lately / recently
to act recklessly / to mess around
not worth it
to turn up without being invited / unsolicited
(but) then again; (but) on the other hand
to come thick and fast (idiom)
to get along with well; compatible
(literary) recently; lately; hitherto
to have more work than one can deal with / to have one's hands full
Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
Polaroid
to use force
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
to be able to talk to / to get along with / to be congenial
generally speaking / in general
all the way; all along; since the start
bring it on! / give me all you got!
Hebrew
to own up to the facts
Huailai county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
(of people) to be incompatible; to not get along; to be unable to see eye to eye
since ancient times; it has ever been the case that
extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)

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