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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

来势汹汹lái shì xiōng xiōng

(idiom) to bear down fiercely

来去无踪lái qù wú zōng

come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and leave without a trace

来台lái Tái

to come to Taiwan

来回来去lái huí lái qù

repeatedly / back and forth again and again

来得早不如来得巧lái de zǎo bù rú lái de qiǎo

arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing

来复线lái fù xiàn

rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)

来文lái wén

received document / sent document

来日lái rì

future days / (literary) the next day / (old) past days

来日方长lái rì fāng cháng

the future is long (idiom) / there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there

来港lái Gǎng

to come to Hong Kong

来潮lái cháo

(of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period

来火lái huǒ

to get angry

来火儿lái huǒ r

to get angry

来无影,去无踪lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng

lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and go without a trace

来犯lái fàn

(of enemy forces) to invade / to attack

来硬的lái yìng de

to get tough / to use force

来示lái shì

(polite) your letter

来神lái shén

to become spirited

来福枪lái fú qiāng

rifle (loanword) / also written 來復槍|来复枪

来福线lái fú xiàn

rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)

来者不善,善者不来lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái

He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom). / Be careful not to trust foreigners. / Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!

来而不往非礼也lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě

not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind

来华lái Huá

to come to China

来苏糖lái sū táng

lyxose (type of sugar)

来袭lái xí

to invade / (of a storm etc) to strike / to hit

来路lái lù

incoming road / origin / past history

来路不明lái lù bù míng

unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background

来踪去迹lái zōng qù jì

(lit.) the traces of a person's movements (idiom) / (fig.) sb's history / the ins and out of a matter

来钱lái qián

(coll.) to make money

来电答铃lái diàn dá líng

(Tw) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call)

来电显示lái diàn xiǎn shì

caller ID

来项lái xiang

income

来鸿lái hóng

incoming letter (literary)

来鸿去燕lái hóng qù yàn

lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom) / fig. always on the move

一来二去yī lái èr qù

gradually / little by little / in the course of time

一直以来yī zhí yǐ lái

in the past always / for a long time now / until now

一般来讲yī bān lái jiǎng

generally speaking

一觉醒来yī jiào xǐng lái

to wake up from a sleep

一路来yī lù lái

all the way / all along / since the start

下不来台xià bù lái tái

to be put on the spot / to find oneself in an awkward situation

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