xià lai

Translation

  • 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)

Synonyms

Examples

  • 后视镜跌了下来
    The rear-view mirror fell off.
  • 他们在那棵大树的树荫下坐了下来
    They sat in the shade of that big tree.
  • 欢迎留下来
    Feel free to stay.
  • 那棵树随时会倒下来
    The tree was ready to fall at any moment.
  • 吉姆从树上下来
    Jim got down from the tree.
  • 她从屋顶上下来了。
    She climbed down from the roof.
  • 他用斧头重重的斩了一下,那棵树就倒了下来
    The tree was felled with one hard blow of his ax.
Chinese Tones