来
历

History in Chinese: 来历 (lái lì)

lái lì

history

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 來歷1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1history
  2. 2antecedents
  3. 3origin

Stroke order

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来
历

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ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄧˋ

lì

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

来历

Simplified

來歷

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这幅画的来历很不简单。

    zhè fú huà de lái lì hěn bù jiǎn dān。

    The origin of this painting is quite remarkable.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

历史

lì shǐ

history

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

经历

jīng lì

experience

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

原来

yuán lái

original

简历

jiǎn lì

curriculum vitae (CV)

看来

kàn lai

apparently

来自

lái zì

to come from (a place)

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