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4消
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to diminish; to subside, to consume; to reduce, to idle away (the time), (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- Pinyin
- xiāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 16244 of 2500
息
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(bound form) breath, (bound form) to cease; to stop, (bound form) to rest, (bound form) news, (bound form) interest (on money), (bound form) to grow; to multiply, (literary) one's child, Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- Pinyin
- xī
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 28998 of 2500
来
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to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]), ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- Pinyin
- lái
- Traditional
- 來
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 33 of 2500
源
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root, source, origin
- Pinyin
- yuán
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 12047 of 2500