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


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