lái

come, coming; return, returning

DEFINITIONS

來 lái
  • to come
  • to arrive
  • to come round
  • ever since
  • next

STROKES

來 stroke order diagram

WORDS

苦盡甘 kǔ jìn gān lái bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
薄熙 bó xī lái Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct
藥師如 yào shī rú lái Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
血債要用血償 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái cháng A debt of blood must be paid in blood.; Blood calls for blood.
血債要用血還 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái huán A debt of blood must be paid in blood.; Blood calls for blood.
西庵 xī lái ān Xilai Temple (Tainan, Taiwan)
話又說回 huà yòu shuō huí lai returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless,...; anyhow
話說回 huà shuō huí lai returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless,...; anyhow
說不出話 shuō bù chū huà lái speechless
話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
談得 tán de lái to be able to talk to; to get along with; to be congenial
賺回 zhuàn huí lai to earn back (money one invested, wasted etc)
回 zǒu lái huí to make a round trip; a return journey
qǐ lai to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3 lai2]
qi lai (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. [qi3 lai5]
越 yuè lái yuè more and more
gǎn lái to rush over
跑去 pǎo lái pǎo qù to scamper; to run around
踏破鐵鞋無覓處,得全不費工夫 tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
蹦出 bèng chū lai to crop up; to pop up; to emerge abruptly
轉去 zhuàn lái zhuàn qù to rove around; to run around in circles; to walk back and forth
送往 yíng lái sòng wǎng lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests; all time taken over with social niceties
迎面而 yíng miàn ér lái directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind)
jìn lái recently; lately
近年 jìn nián lái for the past few years