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Trad. 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[hui2 lai5])
- ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2])
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4])
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
Trad. 原來
- original; former
- originally; formerly; at first
- so, actually, as it turns out
Trad. 胡來
- to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules
- to mess with sth
- to make a hash of things
- to cause trouble
Trad. 下來
- 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)
Trad. 阿來
- Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies"
Trad. 來勁
- (dialect) to be full of zeal
- high-spirited
- exhilarating
- to stir sb up
Trad. 來回
- to make a round trip
- return journey
- back and forth
- to and fro
- repeatedly
Trad. 出來
- (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
Trad. 來得
- to emerge (from a comparison)
- to come out as
- to be competent or equal to
Trad. 聽來
- to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc)
- to ring (true)
- to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression)
- to hear from somewhere
Trad. 來義
- Laiyi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
Trad. 起來
- (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
- indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4])
- indicating completion
- (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment
- also pr. [qi3lai5]
Trad. 如來
- tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
Trad. 來電
- 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
Trad. 少來
- refrain (from doing sth)
- (coll.) Come on!
- Give me a break!
- Save it!
Trad. 薄熙來
- Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct
Trad. 冒出來
- to emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere
Trad. 數來寶
- folk theater consisting of recitation accompanied by clapper board rhythm
Trad. 未來派
- Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
Trad. 周恩來
- Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
Trad. 談得來
- to be able to talk to
- to get along with
- to be congenial
Trad. 合不來
- (of people) to be incompatible; to not get along; to be unable to see eye to eye
Trad. 算起來
- to calculate
- to estimate
- in total
- all told
- (fig.) if you think about it
Trad. 馬來鴴
- (bird species of China) Malaysian plover (Anarhynchus peronii)
Trad. 林來瘋
- Linsanity
- craze over Jeremy Lin 林書豪|林书豪[Lin2 Shu1 hao2]
Trad. 懷來縣
- Huailai, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei
Trad. 反過來
- conversely
- in reverse order
- in an opposite direction
Trad. 老來俏
- old person who dresses up as teenager
- mutton dressed as lamb
Trad. 自來熟
- (coll.) naturally outgoing with strangers; quick to act like an old acquaintance; sb who has this trait
Trad. 夜來香
- tuberose (Agave amica)
- night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka 夜香木[ye4 xiang1 mu4])
Trad. 吃不來
- to be unaccustomed to certain food; to not be keen on certain food
Trad. 來不及
- there's not enough time (to do sth)
- it's too late (to do sth)
Trad. 來安縣
- Lai'an, a county in Chuzhou City 滁州市[Chu2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui
Trad. 泰來縣
- Tailai, a county in Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang
Trad. 來得及
- to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
Trad. 外來娃
- children born to parents from rural areas who have migrated to urban areas
Trad. 來復線
- rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
Trad. 看起來
- seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
Trad. 過來人
- an experienced person
- sb who has "been around (the block)"
- sb who has personally experienced it
Trad. 烏來鄉
- Wulai township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
Trad. 來福線
- rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
Trad. 來義鄉
- Laii township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
Trad. 惠來縣
- Huilai, a county in Jieyang City 揭陽市|揭阳市[Jie1 yang2 Shi4], Guangdong
Trad. 如來佛
- Tathagata, one of the ten sacred names of Buddha
Trad. 來賓市
- Laibin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]