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下来

xià lai
HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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下来
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10981487)
冷静 下来
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5640761)
下来 洗一下。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 817293)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.