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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.

外来词wài lái cí

loanword

外来货wài lái huò

imported product

多年来duō nián lái

for the past many years

夜来香yè lái xiāng

tuberose (Agave amica) / night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka 夜香木[yè xiāng mù])

大限到来dà xiàn dào lái

to die / one's allocated lifespan is accomplished

天外来客tiān wài lái kè

visitors from outer space

太阳从西边出来tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái

lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly

好起来hǎo qǐ lai

to get better / to improve / to get well

姗姗来迟shān shān lái chí

to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming

客似云来kè sì yún lái

to be bustling with customers

对我来说duì wǒ lái shuō

as far as I'm concerned

少来shǎo lái

refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it!

少年夫妻老来伴shào nián fū qī lǎo lái bàn

husband and wife in youth, companions in old age

常来常往cháng lái cháng wǎng

to visit frequently / to have frequent dealings (with) / to see each other often

年来nián lái

this past year / over the last years

几天来jǐ tiān lái

for the past few days

几年来jǐ nián lái

for the past several years

往来帐户wǎng lái zhàng hù

current account (in bank)

后来者居上hòu lái zhě jū shàng

the latecomers surpass their predecessors

得来不易dé lái bù yì

hard to come by / not easily obtained / hard-won

得来速dé lái sù

drive-thru (loanword)

从来没cóng lái méi

have never / has never

从来没有cóng lái méi yǒu

there has never been / has never had / (before a verb) has never

从实招来cóng shí zhāo lái

to own up to the facts

忙不过来máng bù guò lái

to have more work than one can deal with / to have one's hands full

思来想去sī lái xiǎng qù

(idiom) to mull sth over

想起来xiǎng qi lai

to remember / to recall

爱得死去活来ài de sǐ qù huó lái

to be madly in love

慕名而来mù míng ér lái

to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom) / attracted to visit a famous location

手到拈来shǒu dào niān lái

lit. to stretch a hand and grab it (idiom) / fig. easy to do

手到擒来shǒu dào qín lái

stretch a hand and grab it (idiom) / very easy

打来回dǎ lái huí

to make a round trip / a return journey

拉不出屎来怨茅房lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng

lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom) / fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings

拼起来pīn qi lai

to put together

拿来ná lái

to bring / to fetch / to get

拿来主义ná lái zhǔ yì

the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)

捎来shāo lái

to bring sth to sb (news etc)

推来推去tuī lái tuī qù

(idiom) to rudely push and pull others / (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others

扑面而来pū miàn ér lái

lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils

挤来挤去jǐ lái jǐ qù

to mill about / to jostle

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