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夜来
夜來
yè
lái
(literary) evening
(literary) nightfall
evening
nightfall
Wiktionary
Entry Composition
=1
夜
yè
variant of
夜
yè
=1
夜
yè
night
2
来
lái
to come
(used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in
回来
huí
lai
)
ever since (as in
自古以来
zì
gǔ
yǐ
lái
)
for the past (amount of time)
(prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in
来世
lái
shì
)
(between two verbs) in order to
(after a round number) approximately
(used after
得
dé
to indicate possibility, as in
谈得来
tán
de
lái
, or after
不
bù
to indicate impossibility, as in
吃不来
chī
bu
lái
)
Containing this entry
夜来香
yè
lái
xiāng
tuberose (Agave amica)
night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka
夜香木
yè
xiāng
mù
)