尔来 Traditional form: 爾來 Pinyin (reading): ěrlái Definitions: (literary) recently; lately; hitherto Characters: 尔 - you; that, those; final particle 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on Traditional characters: 爾 - you; that, those; final particle 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on