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由来

yóu lái

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 由來

由来 (yóu lái) means "origin". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 由来 means

1. origin

The characters in 由来

• 由yóuto follow; from; because of; due to
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

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