lēi

strangle, tighten

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DEFINITIONS

勒 lēi
  • to strap tightly
  • to bind
勒 lè
  • to rein in
  • to compel
  • to force
  • to carve
  • to engrave
  • (literary) to command
  • to lead
  • bridle
  • (physics) abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1], lux

STROKES

勒 stroke order diagram
勒 stroke order animation

WORDS

菩薩 mí lè pú sà Maitreya Bodhisattva
彼得格 bǐ dé gé lè Petrograd, variant spelling of 彼得堡[Bi3 de2 bao3], Saint Petersburg
巴克 dé lè bā kè Drøbak (city in Akershus, Norway)
兹 dé lè zī Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995), French philosopher
茲 dé lè zī Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995), French philosopher
德布森 dé bù lè sēn Debrecen, Hungary's second city, capital of Hajdú-Bihar county 豪伊杜·比豪爾州|豪伊杜·比豪尔州[Hao2 yi1 du4 · Bi4 hao2 er3 zhou1] in east Hungary on the border with Romania
恩培多克 ēn péi duō kè lēi Empedocles (490-430 BC), Greek Sicilian pre-Socratic philosopher
懸崖馬 xuán yá lè mǎ lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time
个去 wǒ lè ge qù (slang) shoot!; crap!
個去 wǒ lè ge qù (slang) shoot!; crap!
密王 tuō lè mì wáng Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC
玫 tuō lè méi Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成; see also 托勒密[Tuo1 le4 mi4]
掳人赎 lǔ rén lè shú kidnapping for ransom
擄人贖 lǔ rén lè shú kidnapping for ransom
敲詐索 qiāo zhà lè suǒ extortion and blackmail (idiom)
斯卡伯礁 sī kǎ bó lè jiāo Scarborough Shoal (Philippines' name for Huangyan Island)
斯大林格战役 sī dà lín gé lè zhàn yì Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces
斯大林格戰役 sī dà lín gé lè zhàn yì Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces
斯大林格会战 sī dà lín gé lè huì zhàn Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943); also called 斯大林格勒戰役|斯大林格勒战役
斯大林格會戰 sī dà lín gé lè huì zhàn Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943); also called 斯大林格勒戰役|斯大林格勒战役
諾布爾 gé lè nuò bù ěr Grenoble (French town)
费尔德 bǐ lè fèi ěr dé Bielefeld (city in Germany)
費爾德 bǐ lè fèi ěr dé Bielefeld (city in Germany)
陀利亞 bǐ lè tuó lì yà Pretoria, capital of South Africa
海伦・凯 hǎi lún ・ kǎi lē Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)