下来

xiàlái

to come down

Dictionary entry

to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)

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See it in sentences

书在上面,请帮我拿下来。

Shū zài shàngmiàn, qǐng bāng wǒ ná xiàlái.

English

The book is up there, please get it down for me.

我们下来吃饭吧。

Wǒmen xiàlái chī fàn ba.

English

Let us come down and eat.

Goes with

  • 快下来come down quickly
  • 下来了came down
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