前来

Pinyin: qiánlái

to come (formal); before; previously

Example sentence

你最好等到警察前来。

Nǐ zuì hǎo děngdào jǐngchá qiánlái.

You had better wait until the police come.

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What 前来 means

前来 (qiánlái) is a Chinese word meaning “to come (formal); before; previously”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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