# 来历 (láilì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 来历 (láilì) means “origin; background”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: origin; background
- Pinyin: láilì (lai2 li4)
- Traditional: 來歷
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 没有人知道那幅古画的来历。
  Méiyǒu rén zhīdào nà fú gǔhuà de láilì.
  Nobody knows the origin of that ancient painting.

## Characters

- [来](https://hanziro.com/word/lai-come/) (lái): to come
- 历 (lì): calendar; to experience

https://hanziro.com/word/lai-li-origin/

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