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