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回来

huí lái

回来 is not coming back. It is being brought back to where it belongs

The picture An arrow that leaves and lands exactly where it started. The origin is also the destination.

Endings and forms

Where the picture shows up in 回来

  1. a person back in place

    他出差了,下周才回来

    tā chūchāi le, xià zhōu cái huí lái

    He's away on business, back next week at the earliest.

  2. a thing brought back

    你顺路把我的伞拿回来

    nǐ shùnlù bǎ wǒ de sǎn ná huí lái

    Grab my umbrella on your way back, would you?

  3. money that won't come back

    借出去的钱要不回来了。

    jiè chū qù de qián yào bu huí lái le

    I'm not getting that loan back.

  4. recovering what was lost

    文件删了还能找回来吗?

    wénjiàn shān le hái néng zhǎo huí lái ma

    I deleted the file — can it still be recovered?

  5. a life pulled back

    病人抢救回来了。

    bìngrén qiǎngjiù huí lái le

    We managed to bring the patient back.

    回来 comes back toward here. Sending something back the other way is 回去, as in 电话打回去.

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