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来去 (lái qù) — round-trip distance or distance between two places; friendly contact, interactions, dealings (between people)

Definition

A polysemous noun: 'distance between two places' (a round-trip, as in 之间的来去) and the figurative 'friendly contact / interactions' between people. Pronounce each syllable with equal stress.

noun
round-trip distance or distance between two placesfriendly contactinteractionsdealings (between people)

Examples

  • 来去。
    Běi jīng hé shàng hǎi zhī jiān de lái qù hěn yuǎn.
    The distance between Beijing and Shanghai is very far.
  • 来去。
    Zhè tàng lǚ chéng de lái qù dà yuē shì wǔ bǎi gōng lǐ.
    The round-trip distance for this journey is about five hundred kilometers.
  • 来去，。
    Tā men zhī jiān de lái qù bù duō, zhǐ shì ǒu ěr jiàn miàn.
    They don't interact much; they only meet occasionally.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

来láicome
去qùgo

来 coming and 去 going make a round trip or coming-and-going contact.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 來; 来 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 來 shows a wheat plant: a central ear, upward leaves, and downward stem and roots. The simplified 来 is a later shorthand.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

去 pairs 大, a man, with 口, a mouth or object. The evidence reads this as a man leaving a place, a man opening his mouth, or a cover over an object.

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