Expressing "to come from" with "laizi"

来自 (láizì) is used to express where something or someone comes from. Its meaning is similar to "to come from" in English.

Structure

Subj. + 来自 + Place

Examples

• 我来自中国. I come from China.
• 我的这个想法来自生活.
• 我用的很多东西都来自淘宝.
• 我们公司的客户来自美国.
• 小明的成功来自他的努力和认真.
• 有些坏习惯来自迷信，我们不应该做.
• 听了来自教授的建议，我决定去上海.
• 我和Tom虽然来自不同的国家，但是我们是好朋友。
• 公司从来自政府的报告中看到了希望. The company saw hope from the government's report.
• 我设计的这副作品来自小王的启发. This piece of work I designed was inspired by Xiao Wang.

Sources and further reading

Books

• Anything Goes (无所不谈) (pp. 63, 107, 237) Anything Goes (无所不谈) →buy