We came through a busy street.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
人来人往
(idiom) people coming and going; bustling with activity
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(idiom) people coming and going; bustling with activity
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 人来人往 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 人来人往 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I was walking along the crowded street when all at once I heard a shrill cry.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 人来人往.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 人来人往.
Directly before
- 在人来人往1
- 一条人来人往1
Directly after
- 人来人往的2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 人来人往
What does 人来人往 mean in Chinese?
人来人往 (rénláirénwǎng) means (idiom) people coming and going; bustling with activity.
How do you pronounce 人来人往?
人来人往 is pronounced rénláirénwǎng.
Is 人来人往 an HSK word?
人来人往 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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