下來

下来
xiàlái
  1. (used after a verb) down (toward oneself, or figuratively)
  2. down (toward oneself, or figuratively)
  3. to come down

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Homographs

下來 xiàlai
  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)

Examples

汤姆冷静下来了。

Tom has calmed down.

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我躺了下來休息。

I lay down to rest.

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暴风雨平息下来了。

The storm has died down.

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他的脚步慢下来了。

His pace was slower.

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他坐了下来听收音机。

He sat listening to the radio.

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天气一天天冷下来了。

The weather is getting colder day by day.

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我們都跪了下來祈禱。

We all knelt down to pray.

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我們把這首詩背下來吧。

Let's learn this poem by heart.

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堅持下來，你就能成功。

Stick with it and you'll succeed.

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你為什麼不留下來一會兒？

Why don't you stay a little while?

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馬停了下來，而且拒絕移動。

The horse stopped and refused to go any further.

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森林裡又再變得安靜下來了。

It became quiet again in the forest.

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你冷靜下來，從頭開始跟我說。

Calm down and explain it from the beginning.

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有棵樹倒了下來，把路堵住了。

A fallen tree obstructed the road.

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跳下来！没有任何别的可作的！

Jump down! There is nothing else you can do!

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發生了什麼事？車子慢下來了。

What happened? The car's slowing down.

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你知道為什麼他們安靜下來了呢？

Do you know why they stopped talking?

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你們冷靜下來，從頭開始跟我說。

Calm down, and listen to me speak from the beginning.

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她在从自行车上摔下来时伤到了脚。

She hurt her foot when she fell off her bicycle.

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他的第二個兒子結婚並定居下來了。

His second son married and settled down.

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Entry Composition

1 下 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
2 來 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)