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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lì | li4
English translation
example
precedent
rule
case
instance
precedent, example, case; regulation

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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person

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻列

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

liè

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and liè represents the sound.

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gěi liǎng 恰当 qiàdàng de 例子 lì zi jiù gòu le .

Give two instances in point — that will suffice.

例如 lìrú ,每张地图 dìtú shǎng dōu 会有罗盘 luó pán 玫瑰 méi guī ,指明 zhǐ míng Dōng Nán 西 běi .

The Compass Rose - drawn on almost every map - indicated North, East, South, and West.

zhè lèi hán dàn 化合物 huà hé wù de 例子 lì zi shì zuò , Sān 氰酸 qíng suān 三酰 àn , 三聚氰酸 qíng suān 酰胺 xiān àn .

Examples of such nitrogenous compounds are imidazole, ammeline, ammelide.

官方 guānfāng Huán jiè 违反 wéifǎn 条例 tiáo lì 其他 qítā 规定 guīdìng děng 问题 wèntí , Xiàng 反对派 fǎn duì pài de 报纸 bàozhǐ 电台 diàntái zhǎo chà .

Fire code and other violations were found against opposition newspaper and radios.

zhè lèi hán dàn 化合物 huà hé wù de 例子 lì zi shì niào zuò , Sān 氰酸 qíng suān 三酰 àn , 三聚氰酸 qíng suān 酰胺 xiān àn .

Examples of such nitrogenous compounds are imidurazole, ammeline, ammelide.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
example
比例 bǐlì scale比例 bǐlì
例如 lìrú for example例如 lìrú
例子 lì zi case例子 lì zi
例外 lìwài exception例外 lìwài
病例 bìng lì (medical) case病例 bìng lì
条例 tiáo lì rules條例
案例 ànlì case (law)案例 ànlì
惯例 guànlì convention慣例
例行 lì xíng as usual例行 lì xíng
先例 xiān lì antecedent先例 xiān lì
例行公事 lì xíng gōng shì routine business例行公事 lì xíng gōng shì
史无前例 shǐ wú qián lì unprecedented in history史無前例
破例 pòlì to make an exception破例 pòlì
下不为例 xià bù wéi lì not to be repeated下不為例
举例 jǔ lì to give an example舉例
特例 tè lì special case特例 tè lì
例假 lì jià legal holiday例假 lì jià
事例 shì lì example事例 shì lì
实例 shí lì an actual example實例
例会 lì huì regular meeting例會
照例 zhào lì as a rule照例 zhào lì
范例 fàn lì example範例
例证 lì zhèng example例證

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