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lái 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])
zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
未来 wèi lái future / tomorrow / CL:個|个[ge4] / approaching / coming / pending
的话 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause)
dòu to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
来年 lái nián next year / the coming year
萍水相逢 píng shuǐ xiāng féng strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
出来 chu lai (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
当头 dāng tóu coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first
一叶知秋 zhī qiū lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
来意 lái one's purpose in coming
后起之秀 hòu zhī xiù (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation
劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice / you get what's coming to you
倾城 qīng chéng coming from everywhere / from all over the place / gorgeous (of woman) / to ruin and overturn the state
临门 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth
成人礼 chéng rén coming of age ceremony
结发 jié (in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age
响动 xiǎng dòng sound coming from sth (typically sth not immediately visible) / also pr. [xiang3 dong5]
来得早不如来得巧 lái de zǎo lái de qiǎo arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing
闭合 to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop
姗姗来迟 shān shān lái chí to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming
加冠 jiā guān (in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years
呼之欲出 zhī chū lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) / fig. on the verge of coming out into the open / (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed / (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
冠礼 guàn the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man
思潮起伏 cháo thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom) / different thoughts coming to mind


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