lái

come, coming; return, returning

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

停下 tíng xià lái to stop
倾巢犯 qīng cháo lái fàn to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
yuán lái variant of 原來|原来[yuan2 lai2]
后到 xiān lái hòu dào in order of arrival; first come, first served
全世界无产者联合起 quán shì jiè wú chǎn zhě lián hé qǐ lai Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch!; Workers of the world, unite!
两国相争,不斩使 liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
将挡,水土掩 bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
将敌,水土堰 bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
有自 qí lái yǒu zì there is a reason for it; (of sth) not incidental
混迟早要还的 chū lái hùn chí zǎo yào huán de if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
无恙 bié lái wú yàng (literary) I trust you have been well since we last met
前不见古人,后不见者 qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě unique; unprecedented (idiom)
前无古人后无者 qián wú gǔ rén hòu wú lái zhě to surpass all others of its kind before and since; to have neither predecessors nor successors
海峡 jiā lái hǎi xiá Strait of Calais in the English channel; Strait of Dover; Pas-de-Calais, département of France
南卡罗纳州 nán kǎ luó lái nà zhōu South Carolina, US state
即将临 jí jiāng lái lín imminent
了 yòu lái le Here we go again.
gǔ lái since ancient times; it has ever been the case that; see also 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]
吃不 chī bu lái to be unaccustomed to certain food; to not be keen on certain food
否极泰 pǐ jí tài lái extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
周恩 zhōu ēn lái Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
呼之即 hū zhī jí lái to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant; always at sb's beck and call
呼之即,挥之即去 hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant; always at sb's beck and call
喝去 hū lái hè qù to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders; always bossing people around
和得 hé de lái to get along well; compatible; also written 合得來|合得来[he2 de5 lai2]