下来

下來
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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下来 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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我躺了下来休息。

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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我们都跪了下来祈祷。

We all knelt down to pray.

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我们把这首诗背下来吧。

Let's learn this poem by heart.

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坚持下来，你就能成功。

Stick with it and you'll succeed.

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你为什麽不留下来一会儿？

Why don't you stay a little while?

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马停了下来，而且拒绝移动。

The horse stopped and refused to go any further.

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森林裡又再变得安静下来了。

It became quiet again in the forest.

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你冷静下来，从头开始跟我说。

Calm down and explain it from the beginning.

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有棵树倒了下来，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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发生了什麽事？车子慢下来了。

What happened? The car's slowing down.

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你知道为什麽他们安静下来了呢？

Do you know why they stopped talking?

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你们冷静下来，从头开始跟我说。

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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他的第二个儿子结婚并定居下来了。

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 来 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 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)