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Chinese Pinyin Translation
未来 未來 wèi lái future / tomorrow / CL:個|个[ge4] / approaching / coming / pending syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
来 來 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[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (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[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
住 zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) syn
出来 出來 chu lai (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect) syn
当头 當頭 dāng tóu coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first syn
呼之欲出 hū zhī yù 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 syn
成人礼 成人禮 chéng rén lǐ coming of age ceremony
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) syn
来意 來意 lái yì one's purpose in coming syn
来年 來年 lái nián next year / the coming year syn
闭合 閉合 bì hé 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 syn
阑珊 闌珊 lán shān coming to an end / waning syn
聚散 jù sàn coming together and separating / aggregation and dissipation
响动 響動 xiǎng dòng sound coming from sth (typically sth not immediately visible) / also pr. [xiang3 dong5] syn
白沫 bái mò froth / foam (coming from the mouth) syn
独来独往 獨來獨往 dú lái dú wǎng coming and going alone (idiom) / a lone operator / keeping to oneself / unsociable / maverick
后起之秀 後起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation syn
姗姗来迟 姍姍來遲 shān shān lái chí to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming syn
后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn
萍水相逢 píng shuǐ xiāng féng strangers coming together by chance (idiom) syn
临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth
结发 結髮 jié fà (in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age
劝善惩恶 勸善懲惡 quàn shàn chéng è to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom) / fig. poetic justice / you get what's coming to you
一叶知秋 一葉知秋 yī yè 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
思潮起伏 sī cháo qǐ fú thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom) / different thoughts coming to mind syn
倾城 傾城 qīng chéng coming from everywhere / from all over the place / gorgeous (of woman) / to ruin and overturn the state
加冠 jiā guān (in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years
里进外出 裡進外出 lǐ jìn wài chū too many people coming and going (idiom)
鬪 dòu variant of 鬥|斗, to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
鬭 dòu variant of 鬥|斗, to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
临时政府未来叁个月的行动方桉 臨時政府未來三個月的行動方桉 Programme of Action of the Provisional Government for the Coming Three Months
来得早不如来得巧 來得早不如來得巧 lái de zǎo bù rú lái de qiǎo arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing
远来的和尚会念经 遠來的和尚會念經 yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīng the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom) / foreign talent is valued higher than local talent
冠礼 冠禮 guàn lǐ 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
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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