They came all the way from Brazil.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
远道而来
to come from far away
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to come from far away
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 远道而来 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 远道而来 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He came all the way from Chicago.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 远道而来.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 远道而来.
Directly before
- 巴西远道而来2
- 芝加哥远道而来1
Directly after
- 远道而来了1
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 远道而来
What does 远道而来 mean in Chinese?
远道而来 (yuǎndàoérlái) means to come from far away.
How do you pronounce 远道而来?
远道而来 is pronounced yuǎndàoérlái.
Is 远道而来 an HSK word?
远道而来 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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