WordTaiwan frequency #28,642
遠道而來
ㄩㄢˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄦˊ ㄌㄞˊ
“to come from afar; to travel a long distance to arrive”
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遠
ㄩㄢˇ
Far; distant; remote; profound; not close in kinship; to distance oneself from; a surname.
道
ㄉㄠˋ
road; path; way; method; principle; truth; doctrine; skill; art; to say; classifier for long things, barriers, questions, commands, courses, steps.
而
ㄦˊ
A conjunction connecting clauses or phrases; indicates addition, contrast, or a causal relationship; also used to indicate a change of state.
來
ㄌㄞˊ
To come; to arrive; to return; to happen; to be used as a substitute for a verb; indicating possibility; indicating the future or next time; approximately.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 知道ㄓ ㄉㄠˋto know; to be aware of; to understand; to realize
- 未來ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄞˊthe time yet to come; the future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending
- 而且ㄦˊ ㄑㄧㄝˇmoreover; furthermore; in addition; also; used to add another point or strengthen a previous statement
- 後來ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊafterwards; later; subsequently; after a while; in the future; those who arrive later; newcomers
- 起來ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊto stand up; to get up; to rise; (verb complement) beginning of an action; upward movement; preliminary impression; completion of an action
- 而是ㄦˊ ㄕˋrather; instead; used to contrast or correct, introducing the true or preferred alternative
- 來自ㄌㄞˊ ㄗˋto come from (a place); originating from; (in email headers) From:
- 然而ㄖㄢˊ ㄦˊhowever; but; yet; used to introduce a contrasting or unexpected idea.
- 帶來ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄞˊto bring; to bring about; to produce; to cause to happen
- 出來ㄔㄨ ㄌㄞˊto come out; to appear; to emerge; to show up; to take office; to be completed (after a verb)
- 反而ㄈㄢˇ ㄦˊon the contrary; used to introduce an unexpected or opposite result; instead.
- 原來ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊoriginal; former; at first; so, actually, as it turns out; used when discovering something previously unknown