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熙来攘往

xī lái rǎng wǎngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
a place buzzing with activity (idiom)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3933c931566b5957. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

熙來攘往 熙来攘往 [xi1 lai2 rang3 wang3] /a place buzzing with activity (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 熙來攘往

  • 熙
    xī

    (used in names) / (bound form) (literary) bright / prosperous / splendid / genial

  • 来
    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[huí lai]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zì gǔ yǐ lái]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lái shì]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[dé] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tán de lái], or after 不[bù] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chī bu lái])

  • 攘
    rǎng

    (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [ráng]

  • 往
    wǎng

    to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous

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