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<h1>Expressing "to come from" with "laizi"
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<p>来自 (láizì) is used to express where something or someone comes from. Its meaning is similar to "to come from" in English.
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<h3>Contents</h3>

  
<div class="contents"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1 Structure </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2 Examples </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3 Sources and further reading </span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3.1 Books</span></li>
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<h3>Structure</h3>

<div class="deux">Subj. + 来自 + Place</div>

<h3>Examples</h3>

<p>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.
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<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 来自 中国 。
Wǒ láizì Zhōngguó.
I come from China. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 的 很 多 书 都 来自 日本 。
Wǒ de hěn duō shū dōu láizì Rìběn.
I lot of the books I read come from Japan. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">们 公司 的 客户 来自 美国 。
Wǒmen gōngsī de kèhù láizì Měiguó.
Our company's clients come from the USA. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我的 这个 想法 来自 生活 。
Wǒ de zhège xiǎngfǎ láizì shēnghuó.
This idea of mine originated from daily life. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">这 是 来自 政府 的 报告 。
Zhè shì láizì zhèngfǔ de bàogào.
This is a report from the government. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">有 些 坏 习惯 来自 迷信 。
Yǒu xiē huài xíguàn láizì míxìn.
There are some bad habits that originate from superstition. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">小明 的 成功 来自 他的 努力 和 认真 。
Xiǎo Míng de chénggōng láizì tā de nǔlì hé rènzhēn.
Xiao Ming's success stems from his hard work and earnestness. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">听 了 来自 教授 的 建议 ， 我 决定 去 上海 。
Tīng le láizì jiàoshòu de jiànyì, wǒ juédìng qù Shànghǎi.
After listening to the professor's suggestion, I decided to go to Shanghai. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 和 Tom 虽然 来自 不同 的 国家 ， 但是 我们 是 好 朋友 。
Wǒ hé Tom suīrán láizì bùtóng de guójiā, dànshì wǒmen shì hǎo péngyou.
Although Tom and I come from different countries, we're good friends. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 设计 的 这 副 作品 来自 小王 的 启发 。
Wǒ shèjì de zhè fù zuòpǐn láizì Xiǎo Míng de qǐfā.
This piece I designed was inspired by Xiao Wang.</span><br/></li>
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<h3>Sources and further reading</h3>

<h4>Books</h4>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Anything Goes (无所不谈) (pp. 63, 107, 237) →buy</span><br/></li>
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