Chinese Character Dictionary

侃大山

kăn dà shān

to chatter idly

侃星

kăn xīng

chatterbox

侃爷

kăn yé

big talker

侄

zhí

variant of 姪|侄[zhí]

侅

gāi

to give

来

lái

to come

来M

lái M

(coll.) (of women) to get one's period

来不及

lái bu jí

there's not enough time (to do sth)

来信

lái xìn

incoming letter

来函

lái hán

incoming letter

来到

lái dào

to come

来去无踪

lái qù wú zōng

come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace

来回

lái huí

to make a round trip

来回来去

lái huí lái qù

repeatedly

来回来去地

lái huí lái qù de

backwards and forwards

来安

Lái ān

Lai'an county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chú zhōu], Anhui

来安县

Lái ān xiàn

Lai'an county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chú zhōu], Anhui

来客

lái kè

guest

来年

lái nián

next year

来往

lái wăng

to come and go

来得

lái de

to emerge (from a comparison)

来得及

lái de jí

there's still time

来得容易，去得快

lái de róng yì , qù de kuài

Easy come, easy go. (idiom)

来复枪

lái fù qiāng

rifle (loanword)

来复线

lái fù xiàn

rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)

来意

lái yì

one's purpose in coming

来文

lái wén

received document

来日

lái rì

future days

来日方长

lái rì fāng cháng

the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later

来朝

lái zhāo

(literary) tomorrow (morning)

来历

lái lì

history

来历不明

lái lì bù míng

of unknown origin

来港

lái Găng

to come to Hong Kong

来源

lái yuán

source (of information etc)

来源于

lái yuán yú

to originate in

来潮

lái cháo

(of water) to rise

来火

lái huŏ

to get angry

来火儿

lái huŏ r

to get angry

来无影，去无踪

lái wú yĭng , qù wú zōng

lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace

来犯

lái fàn

to invade one's territory

来生

lái shēng

next life

来由

lái yóu

reason

来看

lái kàn

to come and see

来硬的

lái yìng de

to get tough

来示

lái shì

(polite) your letter

来福枪

lái fú qiāng

rifle (loanword)

来义

Lái yì

Laiyi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Píng dōng Xiàn], Taiwan

来义乡

Lái yì xiāng

Laii township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Píng dōng Xiàn], Taiwan

来者不善，善者不来

lái zhĕ bù shàn , shàn zhĕ bù lái

He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).

来者不拒

lái zhĕ bù jù

to refuse nobody (idiom)

来而不往非礼也

lái ér bù wăng fēi lĭ yĕ

not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical)

来临

lái lín

to approach

来自

lái zì

to come from (a place)

来台

lái tái

to visit Taiwan (esp. from PRC)

来华

lái huá

to come to China

来着

lái zhe

auxiliary showing sth happened in the past

来苏糖

lái sū táng

lyxose (type of sugar)

来袭

lái xí

to invade

来访

lái făng

to pay a visit

来说

lái shuō

to have one's say