来
龙
去
脉

The rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) in Chinese: 来龙去脉 (lái lóng qù mài)

lái lóng qù mài

the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 來龍去脈1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
  2. 2(fig.) the whole sequence of events
  3. 3causes and effects

Stroke order

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来
龙
去
脉

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄨㄥˊ

lóng

ㄌ/ lㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄩˋ

qù

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

ㄇㄞˋ

mài

ㄇ/ mㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

来龙去脉

Simplified

來龍去脈

Traditional

Example sentences

See 来龙去脉 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 请你说说这件事的来龙去脉。

    qǐng nǐ shuō shuō zhè jiàn shì de lái lóng qù mài。

    Please explain the whole story of what happened.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

去

qù

to go

龙

lóng

dragon

去年

qù nián

last year

过去

guò qù

(in the) past

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

原来

yuán lái

original

看来

kàn lai

apparently

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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