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下来

xià lai · xia lai

Traditional 下來

HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to come down
  2. (completed action marker)
  3. (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
  4. (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
  5. to be harvested (of crops)
  6. to be over (of a period of time)
  7. to go among the masses (said of leaders)
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Stuck in the tree

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)在(zài)树上(shùshàng)做(zuò)什么(shénme)？

    Dengdeng, what are you doing in the tree?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)的(de)球(qiú)飞(fēi)到(dào)树上(shùshàng)了(le)，我(wǒ)上来(shànglái)拿(ná)。

    My ball flew into the tree, so I came up to get it.

  3. Liangliang

    拿到(nádào)了(le)吗(ma)？快(kuài)下来(xiàlai)吧(ba)。

    Did you get it? Come down now.

  4. Dengdeng

    没(méi)拿到(nádào)。可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)不敢(bùgǎn)下来(xiàlai)了(le)。

    I didn't get it. And now I'm scared to come down.

  5. Liangliang

    别怕(biépà)，慢慢(mànmàn)往(wǎng)下(xià)走(zǒu)。

    Don't be afraid. Go down slowly.

  6. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)下来(xiàlai)了(le)……可是(kěshì)球(qiú)还(hái)在(zài)树上(shùshàng)。

    I'm down… but the ball is still in the tree.

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2 examples
01

杰(jié)克(kè)逊(xùn)从(cóng)马(mǎ)背(bèi)上(shàng)掉(diào)了(le)下(xià)来(lái)。

Jackson fell from his horse.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)们(men)在(zài)那(nà)棵(kē)大(dà)树(shù)的(de)树(shù)荫(yīn)下(xià)坐(zuò)了(le)下(xià)来(lái)。

They sat in the shade of that big tree.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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下
xià

down; downwards

来
lái

to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)

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