客 似 云 来

kè sì yún láidictionary entry

to be bustling with customers

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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.

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Original source entry:

客似雲來客似云来 [ke4 si4 yun2 lai2] /to be bustling with customers/

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Other forms in these source records: 客似雲來

客
kè
customer / visitor / guest / classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
似
shì
used in 似的[shì de]
sì
to seem / to appear / to resemble / similar / -like / pseudo- / (more) than
云
yún
(classical) to say / cloud / CL:朵[duǒ]
Yún
surname Yun / short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yún nán]
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])

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