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下来
xià lai · xia lai
Traditional 下來
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- 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)
In a sentence
2 examples01
杰克逊从马背上掉了下来。
Jackson fell from his horse.
Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
02
他们在那棵大树的树荫下坐了下来。
They sat in the shade of that big tree.
Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.
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