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Chinese
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to come
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follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to someone) |
| trad. (來由)
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來
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由
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| simp. (来由)
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来
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由
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| anagram
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由來／由来
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Pronunciation
Noun
來由
- reason; cause
Synonyms
- 原因 (yuányīn)
- 因由 (yīnyóu)
- 因端 (Hokkien)
- 因致端 (Hokkien)
- 基因 (jīyīn) (dated)
- 張本 / 张本 (zhāngběn) (literary)
- 成因 (chéngyīn)
- 所以然 (suǒyǐrán)
- 根由 (gēnyóu)
- 理由 (lǐyóu)
- 緣故 / 缘故 (yuángù)
- 緣由 / 缘由 (yuányóu)
- 緣起 / 缘起 (yuánqǐ)
- 肇因 (zhàoyīn)
- 言因 (Anxi Hokkien)
- 說道 / 说道 (shuōdao) (colloquial)
- 起因 (qǐyīn)
- 道理 (dàolǐ)
- 關係 / 关系