自来 (自來) zì lái
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zì lái
adverb
from the beginning; originally
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: In the sense of 本来 (CC-CEDICT '自來'; Guoyu '自來') -
zì lái
phrase
to come of one's own accord
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '自來') -
zì lái
phrase
to come personally
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Dien 2014, p. 65)
Contained in
- 自来水(自來水) tap water
- 不请自来(不請自來) to turn up without being invited; unsolicited
- 自来水管(自來水管) water mains; service pipe; tap-water pipe
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五十四 Scroll 54 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
- 第一百二十回 Chapter 120 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
- 卷一百九十六 志第一百四十九 兵十 Volume 196 Treatises 149: Military 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
- 第七十回 Chapter 70 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 5
- 第四十九回 Chapter 49 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
- 卷一百〇三 載記第三 劉曜 Volume 103 Records 3: Liu Yao Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 4
- 第一百二回 Chapter 102 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 4
- 第二十六回 Chapter 26 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
- 卷九十五 列傳第五十五 索虜 Volume 95 Biographies 55: Suo Lu Book of Song 宋書 — count: 3
- 卷一百九十 志第一百四十三 兵四 Volume 190 Treatises 143: Military 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 3