来袭
lái xí
Pinyin

Definition

来袭
 - 
lái xí
  1. to invade
  2. (of a storm etc) to strike
  3. to hit

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
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)
传来
chuán lái
  1. 1 (of a sound) to come through
  2. 2 to be heard
  3. 3 (of news) to arrive

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

第二：飓风佛罗伦斯来袭，不但造成美国东岸五十三人死亡，还引起严重淹水与停电。
dìèr ：jùfēng Fóluólúnsī láixí ，bùdàn zàochéng Měiguó dōngàn wǔshísān rén sǐwáng ，hái yǐnqǐ yánzhòng yānshuǐ yǔ tíngdiàn 。
2. Hurricane Florence strikes, resulting in 53 deaths in the east coast, serious flooding and blackout.
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第六：美国史上第三强的飓风”麦可“来袭，佛罗里达损失惨重。
dìliù ：Měiguó shǐshàng dìsān qiáng de jùfēng ”Màikě “láixí ，Fúluólǐdá sǔnshī cǎnzhòng 。
6. Hurricane Michael, the third-most intense hurricane in the history of U.S. hits, causing major losses in Florida.
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