来历不明 — Chinese idiom
来历不明
lái lì bù míng
Traditional: 來歷不明
Meaning
- of unknown origin; of dubious background
Character by character
- 来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, late
- 历lìhistory; calendar
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed
Idioms sharing a character
- 人来人往 rén lái rén wǎng
- 来之不易 lái zhī bù yì
- 来去无踪 lái qù wú zōng
- 来日方长 lái rì fāng cháng
- 来者不拒 lái zhě bù jù
- 来踪去迹 lái zōng qù jì
- 来鸿去燕 lái hóng qù yàn
- 来龙去脉 lái lóng qù mài
- 倾巢来犯 qīng cháo lái fàn
- 先来后到 xiān lái hòu dào
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