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To arrive in Chinese: 到来 (dào lái)

dào lái

to arrive

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 到來1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to arrive
  2. 2arrival; advent

Stroke order

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ㄉㄠˋ

dào

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

到来

Simplified

到來

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 大家都在等待春天的到来。

    dà jiā dōu zài děng dài chūn tiān de dào lái。

    Everyone is waiting for the arrival of spring.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

到

dào

to reach

迟到

chí dào

to arrive late

遇到

yù dào

to meet

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

到处

dào chù

everywhere

到底

dào dǐ

finally

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

受到

shòu dào

to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)

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