将来
jiāng lái
Pinyin

Definition

将来
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jiāng lái
  1. in the future
  2. future
  3. the future
  4. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
将
jiāng
  1. 1 will
  2. 2 shall
  3. 3 to use
  4. 4 to take
  5. 5 to checkmate
  6. 6 just a short while ago
  7. 7 (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[bǎ])
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
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
上来
shàng lái
  1. 1 to come up
  2. 2 to approach
  3. 3 (verb complement indicating success)
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)
以来
yǐ lái
  1. 1 since (a previous event)
来到
lái dào
  1. 1 to come
  2. 2 to arrive
来回
lái huí
  1. 1 to make a round trip
  2. 2 return journey
  3. 3 back and forth
  4. 4 to and fro
  5. 5 repeatedly
来年
lái nián
  1. 1 next year
  2. 2 the coming year
来源
lái yuán
  1. 1 source (of information etc)
  2. 2 origin
来生
lái shēng
  1. 1 next life
来临
lái lín
  1. 1 to approach
  2. 2 to come closer
来袭
lái xí
  1. 1 to invade
  2. 2 (of a storm etc) to strike
  3. 3 to hit
来电
lái diàn
  1. 1 incoming telegram or telephone call
  2. 2 your telegram, telephone call, or message
  3. 3 to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker)
  4. 4 to have instant attraction to sb
  5. 5 to have chemistry with sb
  6. 6 to come back (of electricity, after an outage)

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)
千军易得，一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (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

Sample Sentences

可是，据说不久的将来，朋友圈可能会消失，不是因为又有了更高级的社交神器，而是朋友圈有可能会逐渐地会被各种微商所覆盖，
kěshì ，jùshuō bùjiǔ de jiānglái ，Péngyouquān kěnéng huì xiāoshī ，búshi yīnwèi yòu yǒu le gèng gāojí de shèjiāo shén qì ，érshì Péngyouquān yǒu kěnéng huì zhújiàn de huì bèi gèzhǒng wēishāng suǒ fùgài ，
However, it is said that in the near future, the circle of friends may disappear, not because there are more advanced social networks, but that the circle of friends may gradually be obscured by various types of commercial promotions.
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相信在不久的将来，互联网科技将创造更多的奇迹。
xiāngxìn zài bùjiǔ de jiānglái ，hùliánwǎng kējì jiāng chuàngzào gèngduō de qíjì 。
I believe that in the near future, internet technology will lead to more miracles.
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我肯定是“龙母丹妮莉丝”，将来会一统天下！
wǒ kěndìng shì “lóng mǔ Dānnílìsī ”，jiānglái huì yītǒngtiānxià ！
I'd definitely be Daenerys, the mother of dragons. I'd be the one to unite the Seven Kingdoms!
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这也是将来营销的一种趋势吧。马云就是提前看到了这种趋势，从十几年前开始就经营淘宝网，在全国女同胞的支持下，成为了中国首富。
zhè yě shì jiānglái yíngxiāo de yīzhǒng qūshì ba 。Mǎyún jiùshì tíqián kàndào le zhèzhǒng qūshì ，cóng shíjǐ nián qián kāishǐ jiù jīngyíng Táobǎo wǎng ，zài quánguó nǚ tóngbāo de zhīchí xià ，chéngwéi le Zhōngguó shǒufù 。
This is becoming THE trend for retail, I guess. Ma Yun saw this trend ahead of others. He started developing Tao Bao tens of years ago. With the support of female compatriots across China, he has become the richest man in China.
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别紧张，这是美国加利福尼亚州的公司替我们找的代孕妈妈，你看，金发碧眼、又高又美，而且是数学博士呢，将来我们这孩子肯定聪明。
bié jǐnzhāng ，zhè shì Měiguó Jiālìfú níyà de gōngsī tì wǒmen zhǎo de dàiyùn māma ，nǐ kàn ，jīnfàbìyǎn 、yòu gāo yòu měi ，érqiě shì shùxué bóshì ne ，jiānglái wǒmen zhè háizi kěndìng cōngming 。
Don't worry, this surrogate was found for us by a company in California. Look, blond hair and blue eyes, and she's tall and pretty too. She's also a mathematics doctorate, so this kid of ours is bound to be smart.
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万一要是她将来不肯把孩子给你呢？怀胎十月是会有感情的，那你在法律上是没有保障的，况且代孕费用不低，总不能白白浪费了吧？
wànyī yàoshì tā jiānglái bù kěn bǎ háizi gěi nǐ ne ？huáitāi shíyuè shì huì yǒu gǎnqíng de ，nà nǐ zài fǎlǜ shàng shì méiyǒu bǎozhàng de ，kuàngqiě dàiyùn fèiyòng bù dī ，zǒng bùnéng báibái làngfèi le ba ？
What if she doesn't agree to give you the child? Carrying a child for 10 months makes people start to feel attached to it and you'd have no legal standing. Furthermore, paying for a surrogate is costly, you can't let the money go to waste, yeah?
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也有人言：“先奋斗几年看看吧，万一将来能在北京买得起房子了呢？”
yěyǒu rén yán ：“xiān fèndòu jǐ nián kàn kàn ba ，wànyī jiānglái néng zài Běijīng mǎi de qǐ fángzi le ne ？”
There are also some who think “if I work hard for the next few years, I may be able to buy a house in Beijing?”
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妈妈早已预想到，在将来的人生中，你会遇到多大的困难。
māma zǎoyǐ yùxiǎng dào ，zài jiānglái de rénshēng zhōng ，nǐ huì yùdào duō dà de kùnnan 。
Mummy could already predict that you would meet a lot of difficulties in your life.
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将来也有可能在人的大脑里植入芯片，随时知道并控制一个人的思想和行为。
jiānglái yě yǒu kěnéng zài rén de dànǎo lǐ zhírù xìnpiàn ，suíshí zhīdào bìng kòngzhì yī ge rén de sīxiǎng hé xíngwéi 。
In the future they may be able to implant brain chips, so we could monitor and control people's thoughts and behavior at any moment.
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将来
jiānglái
future
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