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Expressing "to come from" with "laizi"
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来自 (láizì) is used to express where something or someone comes from.
Its meaning is similar to "to come from" in English.
### Structure
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Similar to
- [Expressing "from… to…" with "cong…
dao…"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22from%E2%80%A6_to%E2%80%A6%22_with_%22cong%E2%80%A6_dao%E2%80%A6%22) (A2)
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Used for
[Expressing to come
from](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/gramwiki/?title=Expressing_to_come_from&action=edit&redlink=1)
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Keywords
[来自](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E6%9D%A5%E8%87%AA),
[来](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E6%9D%A5)
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Translations
[to come
from](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/To_come_from),
[come](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Come),
[from](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/From)
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Contents
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- [1
Structure](#Structure "wikilink")
- [2
Examples](#Examples "wikilink")
- [3 Sources and
further reading](#Sources_and_further_reading "wikilink")
- [3.1
Books](#Books "wikilink")
Subj. + 来自 + Place
### Examples
You can see that in some of the sentences below dealing with ideas and
other abstract nouns, a translation like "originate from" may be more
appropriate.
- 我 *来自* 中国 。 I come from China.
- 我 的 很 多 书 都 *来自* 日本 。 I lot of the books
I read come from Japan.
- 我们 公司 的 客户 *来自* 美国 。 Our company's
clients come from the USA.
- 我的 这个 想法 *来自* 生活 。 This idea of
mine originated from daily life.
- 这 是 *来自* 政府 的 报告 。 This is a report from
the government.
- 有 些 坏 习惯 *来自* 迷信 。 There are some bad
habits that originate from superstition.
- 小明 的 成功 *来自* 他的 努力 和 认真 。 Xiao Ming's success stems from
his hard work and earnestness.
- 听 了 *来自* 教授 的 建议 ， 我 决定 去 上海 。
After listening to the
professor's suggestion, I decided to go to Shanghai.
- 我 和 Tom 虽然 *来自* 不同 的 国家 ， 但是 我们 是 好 朋友 。
Although Tom
and I come from different countries, we're good friends.
- 我 设计 的 这 副 作品 *来自* 小王 的 启发 。 This piece I designed was inspired
by Xiao Wang.
Sources and further reading
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### Books
- [Anything
Goes (无所不谈)](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Anything_Goes_(%E6%97%A0%E6%89%80%E4%B8%8D%E8%B0%88)) (pp.
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