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胡来 (hú lái): Act recklessly (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

胡来 consists of 2 characters.

胡 • hú • beard, mustache; foreign, reckless

hú胡

beard, mustache; foreign, reckless

来 • lái • to come • HSK 2.0 L1

HSK 1

lái来

to come

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Pinyinhú lái

Meaningact recklessly

Characters2

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Syntaxverb

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Example Sentences with 胡来

zuò做

shì事

bù不

néng能

hú胡

lái来

，

yào要

àn按

guī规

ju矩

lái来

。

You can't act recklessly when doing things; you must follow the rules.

tā他

bù不

dǒng懂

jì技

shù术

què却

luàn乱

gǎi改

chéng程

xù

序

，

jiǎn简

zhí直

shì是

hú胡

lái来

。

He doesn't understand technology but messes with the program; it's simply reckless.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 胡来.

Words with 胡

胡同hú tòngalleyway; lane
胡说hú shuōnonsense; rubbish; drivel
胡乱hú luàncarelessly; casually; at random
胡子hú zibeard
胡须hú xūbeard; moustache; whiskers
胡闹hú nàoAct crazy
胡思乱想hú sī luàn xiǎngAbsent-minded / Muddled thinking
胡扯hú chětalk nonsense

Words with 来

上来shàng laito come up
下来xià laito come down
出来chū laito come out
回来huí laito return; to come back
过来

guò lai

to come over

进来jìn laito come in

后来hòu láiafterward

看来kàn laiapparently