Chinese–EnglishWith examples
来电
lái diàn · lai dian
Traditional 來電
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- incoming telephone call (or telegram)
- to phone in; to send in a telegram
- to have an instant attraction to sb
- (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
In a sentence
2 examples01
电话运营商提示来电人等候接通。
The telephone operator asked the caller to hold on until a connection was made.
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02
停电两小时后，村里终于来电了。
After two hours without power, the village finally got its electricity back.
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