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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Lǜ | Lü4
English translation
surname Lü
law
statute, principle, regulation

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chì

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

To walk  chì as required by law 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

彳聿

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chì represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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不论 bù lùn 远近 yuǎn jìn 车费 chē fèi 一律 yīlǜ shè Yuán .

A uniform fare of ten dollars any distance.

ruò dǒng 英文 Yīng wén Shī 韵律 yùn lǜ , jiù 无法 wú fǎ 欣赏 xīnshǎng 英文诗.

You can't appreciate English poetry unless you understand its rhythm.

这个 zhè ge yóu 经验 jīngyàn 产生 chǎnshēng de 一般 yībān 规则 guīzé 热力学 rè lì xué 第零定律 dìng lǜ .

This unexciting generalization from experience is the zeroth law of thermodynamics.

gāi , shuí jiào shǒu 纪律 jìlǜ .

It'serves him right , he shouldn't have broken the rules.

yíng le zhè cháng 官司 guān si ,这是载入 zǎi rù 法律 fǎlǜ 史册 shǐ cè de 重大 zhòngdà 事件 shìjiàn .

He made legal history when he won the case.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
法律 fǎlǜ law法律 fǎlǜ
律师 lǜshī lawyer律師
规律 guīlǜ rhythm規律
纪律 jìlǜ discipline紀律
law
一律 yīlǜ same一律 yīlǜ
旋律 xuánlǜ melody旋律 xuánlǜ
菲律宾 Fēi lǜ bīn the Philippines菲律賓
定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy)定律 dìng lǜ
底特律 Dǐ tè lǜ Detroit, Michigan底特律 Dǐ tè lǜ
自律 zì lǜ self-discipline自律 zì lǜ
主旋律 zhǔ xuán lǜ theme or subject (music)主旋律 zhǔ xuán lǜ
戒律 jiè lǜ commandment戒律 jiè lǜ
韵律 yùn lǜ cadence韻律
规律性 guī lǜ xìng regular規律性
千篇一律 qiān piān yī lǜ once you've seen one, you've seen them all千篇一律 qiān piān yī lǜ
律动 lǜ dòng rhythm律動
节律 jié lǜ rhythm節律
律法 lǜ fǎ laws and decrees律法 lǜ fǎ
音律 yīn lǜ tuning音律 yīn lǜ
刑律 xíng lǜ criminal law刑律 xíng lǜ

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Decomposition

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