"Coming" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wèi lái future / tomorrow / CL:個|个[ge4] / approaching / coming / pending
 chu lai (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
 dāng tóu coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first
 lái yì one's purpose in coming
 lái nián next year / the coming year
 hū zhī yù chū lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) / fig. on the verge of coming out into the open / (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed / (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop
 lán shān coming to an end / waning
 jù sàn coming together and separating / aggregation and dissipation
 xiǎng dòng sound coming from sth (typically sth not immediately visible) / also pr. [xiang3 dong5]
 dú lái dú wǎng coming and going alone (idiom) / a lone operator / keeping to oneself / unsociable / maverick
 shān shān lái chí to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming
 píng shuǐ xiāng féng strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
 jié fà (in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age
 chéng rén lǐ coming of age ceremony
 zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
 quàn shàn chéng è to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom) / fig. poetic justice / you get what's coming to you
 yī yè zhī qiū lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
 sī cháo qǐ fú thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom) / different thoughts coming to mind
 qīng chéng coming from everywhere / from all over the place / gorgeous (of woman) / to ruin and overturn the state
 lǐ jìn wài chū too many people coming and going (idiom)
 dòu variant of 鬥|斗, to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
 dòu variant of 鬥|斗, to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
  Programme of Action of the Provisional Government for the Coming Three Months
 lái de zǎo bù rú lái de qiǎo arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing
 yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīng the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom) / foreign talent is valued higher than local talent
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