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来历 (lái lì) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

来历 (lái lì) is a Chinese word: origin. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 来历

名 míng noun

origin

这幅画的来历不明。

zhè fú huà de lái lì bù míng

The origin of this painting is unknown.

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Word breakdown

来 lái — coming from, source direction

历 lì — history, past record

Structure & writing
1 来 lái — to come (toward the speaker), opposite of 去
来 is a component in 1 characters

consists of

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2 历 lì — to experience; to go through

历 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

2.2 力 lì — force (physical interaction between objects causing acceleration or deformation)
力 is a component in 32 characters
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