(idiom) to come and go alone; to act independently; (fig.) to keep to oneself; to be a loner
trad. 獨來獨往
Also written 獨來獨往【dú lái dú wǎng】
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3独
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alone, independent, single, sole, only
- Pinyin
- dú
- Traditional
- 獨
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 23931 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
往
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to go (in a direction), to, towards, (of a train) bound for, past, previous
- Pinyin
- wǎng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1074 of 2500