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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǚ | lü3
English translation
shoe
to tread on
shoes; to walk, to tread

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shī

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

尸復

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委员 wěiyuán huì de 委员 wěiyuán men dōu shì xiē 年轻 niánqīng 妇女 fùnǚ , hěn hǎo de 履行 lǚxíng le 她们 tā men de 职责 zhí zé .

The committee, who were all young women, fulfilled their duties admirably.

确实 quèshí xiǎng 好好 hǎo hǎo 履行 lǚxíng 作为 zuòwéi 教父 jiào fù de 职责 zhí zé .

He really wants to fulfil his role as godfather properly.

lǎo 仆人 pú rén 履行 lǚxíng le 主人 zhǔrén yāo 照料 zhào liào 孩子 háizi de 指示 zhǐshì .

The old servant fulfilled his master's charge to care for the children.

Suí 求职 qiú zhí 申请书 shēn qǐng shū 寄上详尽 xiáng jìn de 个人 gèrén 履历 lǚ lì

Send a full CV with your job application.

编辑 biānjí jiā 无法 wú fǎ 保证 bǎozhèng 他们 tā men huì 履行职责.

The Editor can give no guarantee that they will fulfil their obligations.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
履行 lǚxíng to perform履行 lǚxíng
履历 lǚ lì résumé履歷
shoe
西装革履 xī zhuāng gé lǚ impeccably attired西裝革履
如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng fig. to be extremely cautious如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng
步履 bù lǚ gait步履 bù lǚ
履约 lǚ yuē to keep a promise履約
履带 lǚ dài (literary) shoes and belt履帶
履历表 lǚ lì biǎo resume履歷表
步履维艰 bù lǚ wéi jiān to walk with difficulty步履維艱
削足适履 xuē zú shì lǚ impractical or inelegant solution削足適履
革履 gé lǚ leather (shoes)革履 gé lǚ
履险如夷 lǚ xiǎn rú yí fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly履險如夷

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Decomposition

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