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由
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yóu
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- to follow
- from
- because of; due to
- by; via; through
- (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
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来
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lái
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- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
- ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (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)
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