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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lí | li2
English translation
to plow

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Niú

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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To use an ox  Niú to harvest  dāo grain  also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

利牛

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农夫 nóng fū yòng fān le 一些 yī xiē 埋葬 máizàng de 财宝 cái bǎo .

The ploughman turned up some buried treasure.

wéi le 开发 kāifā zhè 地区 dìqū ,建筑 jiànzhù 工人 gōngrén men yòng tuī ,覆盖 fùgài le 许多 xǔduō xiǎo shù .

The builders ploughed in a lot of young trees when clearing this area for development.

xiǎng kào 犁杖 Guò 好日子 de rén 必须 bìxū 亲自 qīnzì huò 亲自 qīnzì 驾驭 jià yù 牲口 shēng kou .

He that by the plough would thrive himself must either hold or drive.

zuò de gǎn bèi liú zhāo 以便 yǐbiàn 入土 rù tǔ 中作下次 xià cì 播种 bōzhǒng de 肥料 féi liào .

The stalks are left to be ploughed into the earth for the next planting.

shēn mái zài 泥土 ní tǔ de 树根 shù gēn 石块 shí kuài , bàn zhāo de 犁头 lí tóu , 消耗 xiāohào 着我成倍 de 体力 tǐ lì .

Buried in soil in the roots, stones, knock my trip coerulea, consumption doubled my strength.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
plow
伊犁 Yī lí the Ili river basin around Turpan in Xinjiang伊犁 Yī lí
犁头 lí tóu plowshare犁頭
犁地 lí dì to plow犁地 lí dì
孙犁 Sūn Lí Sun Li (1913-2002), novelist孫犁
爬犁 pá lí sledge爬犁 pá lí
伊犁河 Yī lí Hé Ili River in central Asia伊犁河 Yī lí Hé
伊犁哈萨克自治州 Yī lí Hā sà kè zì zhì zhōu Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang伊犁哈薩克自治州
步犁 bù lí walking plow步犁 bù lí
犁铧 lí huá plowshare犁鏵
尉犁县 Yù lí xiàn Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu [Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang尉犁縣
尉犁 Yù lí Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu [Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang尉犁 Yù lí
开犁 kāi lí to start plowing開犁
犁骨 lí gǔ vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)犁骨 lí gǔ
扒犁 pá lí sledge扒犁 pá lí

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