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下來

简下来 · 繁下來

Mandarin · pinyin xià lai

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

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下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
來: lái · come, coming; return, returning
来: lái · come, coming; return, returning

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4–5 · xia4 lai5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

haa6 loi4

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verb

to come down
(used after a verb) down (toward oneself, or figuratively)

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