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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǚ | lü3
English translation
time and again
repeatedly
frequently
frequently, often, again and again

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shī

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

body

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

尸娄

Semantic compound

shī

Phonetic compound

lóu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shī represents the meaning and lóu represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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zài 找到 zhǎo dào 一份工作 gōngzuò 之前 zhī qián yāo 做好屡次 lǚcì 碰壁 pèng bì de 准备 zhǔnbèi

Be prepared for lots of rejections before you land a job.

一些 yī xiē rén 屡屡 lǚ lǚ 犯罪 fàn zuì què 从未 cóng wèi 受到 shòudào 惩戒 chéng jiè 这真 ràng 气愤 qì fèn

It makes me sick that people commit offences and never get punished.

叛军 pàn jūn 屡次 lǚcì 尝试 chángshì 强攻 qiáng gōng 这座建筑 jiànzhù

The rebel soldiers tried repeatedly to storm the building.

外交大臣 wài jiāo dà chén jiù gāi 条约 tiáoyuē 发表 fābiǎo de 观点 guāndiǎn yǒu 大量 dà liàng 记述 jì shù bìng bèi 屡屡 lǚ lǚ 提及 tí jí

The Foreign Secretary's views on the treaty are well-documented and oft-repeated.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
repeatedly
屡屡 lǚ lǚ repeatedly屢屢
屡次 lǚcì repeatedly屢次
屡试不爽 lǚ shì bù shuǎng well-tried屢試不爽
屡见不鲜 lǚ jiàn bù xiān a common occurrence (idiom)屢見不鮮
屡禁不止 lǚ jìn bù zhǐ to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)屢禁不止
屡教不改 lǚ jiào bù gǎi incorrigible屢教不改
屡遭 lǚ zāo to suffer repeatedly屢遭
屡战屡败 lǚ zhàn lǚ bài to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)屢戰屢敗
屡禁不绝 lǚ jìn bù jué to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)屢禁不絕

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Decomposition

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