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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

回来 [huílái]
  1. 1. return; come back; be back; get back;move back
    他马上就回来
    He'll be back in a minute.
  2. 2. (used after a verb) back (here)
    回来
    run back
    把借出去的书要回来
    Recall the books on loan.
    可把你盼回来了。
    Thank heavens, you're finally back.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

回来 [huílái]
  1. 1. 从某处回到原处(说话人现在在原处)
    你务必回来一趟。
  2. 2. 用在动词后,表示动作使人或事物从别处到原处或说话人所在地
    回来一包糖果
    鸽子飞回来了。

Examples

回来回来,可没准儿。
他刚出门,一会儿就回来
He's just gone out, he'll be back soon.
村里传说他叔要从国外回来了。
The villagers are all saying that his uncle is soon coming home from abroad.
把耽误的时间夺回来
make up for lost time
打电报让他回来
wire him to come back
等到天黑,他方才回来
He didn't come back until after dark.
他的钱全放出去了,一时收不回来
All his money has been loaned out. He can't get it back for the moment.
她去了没多大工夫就回来了。
She didn't take long to get there and come back.
我估摸着她月底就能回来
I reckon she'll be back by the end of this month.

Collocations

从外地回来
to return from somewhere else
回来的路上
the way back
开会回来
to return from a conference
回来
to bring something back
回来
to run back
回来
to buy something back
接他回来
carry him home

Word Decomposition


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