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下来

下來traditional

HSK 2#628 by frequencyradical 一

xià lai["v"]

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

Examples

留下来!

Stay!

冷静下来!

Get a grip on yourself!

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.