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上来

shàng lái

HSK 3 · word 1842 of 3,000

Meaning

• to come up
• to approach
• (verb complement indicating success)

Example sentence

Characters in 上来

• 上 shàng (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
• 来 lái to come

上 up plus 来, towards the speaker. Coming up to where the speaker is; 上去 points away.

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