来电
lái diàn
Pinyin

Definition

来电
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lái diàn
  1. incoming telegram or telephone call
  2. your telegram, telephone call, or message
  3. to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker)
  4. to have instant attraction to sb
  5. to have chemistry with sb
  6. to come back (of electricity, after an outage)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下来
xià lai
  1. 1 to come down
  2. 2 (completed action marker)
  3. 3 (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
  4. 4 (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
  5. 5 to be harvested (of crops)
  6. 6 to be over (of a period of time)
  7. 7 to go among the masses (said of leaders)
来
lái
  1. 1 to come
  2. 2 to arrive
  3. 3 to come round
  4. 4 ever since
  5. 5 next
来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
出来
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
原来
yuán lái
  1. 1 original
  2. 2 former
  3. 3 originally
  4. 4 formerly
  5. 5 at first
  6. 6 so, actually, as it turns out
回来
huí lai
  1. 1 to return
  2. 2 to come back
从来
cóng lái
  1. 1 always
  2. 2 at all times
  3. 3 never (if used in negative sentence)
拿来
ná lái
  1. 1 to bring
  2. 2 to fetch
  3. 3 to get
未来
wèi lái
  1. 1 future
  2. 2 tomorrow
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 approaching
  5. 5 coming
  6. 6 pending
看来
kàn lai
  1. 1 apparently
  2. 2 it seems that
起来
qǐ lai
  1. 1 to stand up
  2. 2 to get up
  3. 3 also pr. [qǐ lái]
越来越
yuè lái yuè
  1. 1 more and more
过来
guò lái
  1. 1 to come over
  2. 2 to manage
  3. 3 to handle
  4. 4 to be able to take care of
醒来
xǐng lái
  1. 1 to waken
电影
diàn yǐng
  1. 1 movie
  2. 2 film
  3. 3 CL:部[bù],片[piàn],幕[mù],場|场[chǎng]
电脑
diàn nǎo
  1. 1 computer
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
电视
diàn shì
  1. 1 television
  2. 2 TV
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè]
电话
diàn huà
  1. 1 telephone
  2. 2 CL:部[bù]
  3. 3 phone call
  4. 4 CL:通[tōng]
  5. 5 phone number
上来
shàng lái
  1. 1 to come up
  2. 2 to approach
  3. 3 (verb complement indicating success)
以来
yǐ lái
  1. 1 since (a previous event)

Idioms (20)

什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
来去无踪
lái qù wú zōng
  1. 1 come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
来得容易，去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
  1. 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng
  1. 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
  2. 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there
来无影，去无踪
lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng
  1. 1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
来者不善，善者不来
lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái
  1. 1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
  2. 2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.
  3. 3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
来者不拒
lái zhě bù jù
  1. 1 to refuse nobody (idiom)
  2. 2 all comers welcome
来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
  1. 1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài
  1. 1 the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) the whole sequence of events
  3. 3 causes and effects
倾巢来犯
qīng cháo lái fàn
  1. 1 to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
两国相争，不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
  1. 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
前不见古人，后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
  1. 1 unique
  2. 2 unprecedented (idiom)
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
否极泰来
pǐ jí tài lái
  1. 1 extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
呼之即来
hū zhī jí lái
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之即来，挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
  1. 1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
  2. 2 always bossing people around
外来成语
wài lái chéng yǔ
  1. 1 loan idiom

Sample Sentences

谢谢您的来电，再见。
xièxie nín de láidiàn ，zàijiàn 。
Thank you for your call. Goodbye.
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