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下来

xià lai

2-character word Traditional 下來

What 下来 means

1. to come down
2. (completed action marker)
3. (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
4. (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
5. to be harvested (of crops)
6. to be over (of a period of time)
7. to go among the masses (said of leaders)

The characters in 下来

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

Example sentences

• 留下来了
  Liúxià lái le
  It is left here.
• 写下来！
  Write it down!
• 留下来！
  Stay!
• 你躺下来。
  You lie down.
• 冷静下来！
  Get a grip on yourself!
• 从那儿下来！
  Get down from there.

Words containing 下来

• 接下来jiē xià láito accept; to take; next
• 停下来tíng xià láito stop