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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 arrive; to come
HSK 1
to come from (a place) / From: (in email header)
HSK 2
source (of information etc) / origin
HSK 4
there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
HSK 4
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
incoming letter / to send us a letter
HSK 5
to come and go / to have dealings with / to be in relation with
HSK 6
history / antecedents / origin
HSK 7-9
to pay a visit
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
next year / the coming year
HSK 7-9
to originate in
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
(coll.) (of women) to get one's period
(Tw) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call)
come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
incoming road / origin / past history
Lai'an, a county in Chuzhou 滁州, Anhui
to emerge (from a comparison) / to come out as / to be competent or equal to
to invade / (of a storm etc) to strike / to hit
(literary) tomorrow (morning)
incoming letter / letter from afar / same as 來信|来信
Laifeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州, Hubei
guest
auxiliary showing sth happened in the past
unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background
next life
afterlife / next life
(idiom) of unknown origin; of dubious background
one's purpose in coming
cause / reason / interest / influence
received document / sent document
(dialect) to be full of zeal / high-spirited / exhilarating / to stir sb up
(of enemy forces) to invade; to attack
to refuse nobody (idiom) / all comers welcome
reason; cause
future days / (literary) the next day / (old) past days
incoming letter (literary)
(of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period
cannot allow (to be present) / cannot admit
rifle (loanword) / also written 來復槍|来复枪
not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind
momentum of sth approaching
the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there
(polite) your letter
Laifeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州, Hubei
rifle (loanword) / also written 來福槍|来福枪
lit. the traces of a person's movements (idiom) / fig. sb's history; the ins and out of a matter
Laii township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
caller ID
to come to Taiwan
to come to Hong Kong
He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom). / Be careful not to trust foreigners. / Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
visitor / (psychological counseling) client
arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing
to come to China
repeatedly / back and forth again and again
Lai'an, a county in Chuzhou 滁州, Anhui
to get angry
to get angry
lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
to get tough / to use force
to become spirited
rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
Laiyi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
variant of 來台|来台
lyxose (type of sugar)
as to / considering / for
Laibin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
income
lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move


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