léi rén
(Internet slang) shocking
appalling
terrifying
terrific
léi
thunder
mine (weapon)
(Internet slang) terrifying
terrific
léi jī
lightning strike
thunderbolt
léi tóng
mirroring others
identical
dǎ léi
to rumble with thunder
clap of thunder
Léi Gōng
Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
dì léi
landmine
CL:顆|颗[ke1]
(fig.) sore point
weak spot
sǎo léi
minesweeper (computer game)
jīng léi
sudden clap of thunder
fig. surprising turn of events
Léi Fēng
Lei Feng (1940-1962), made into a model of altruism and dedication to the Party by propaganda from 1963 onwards
Léi nuò
Reynolds (name)
Renault (French car company)
Reno, Nevada
léi lì fēng xíng
pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
Hā mǔ léi tè
Hamlet (name)
the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark c. 1601 by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚|莎士比亞
Fú léi
Freyr (god in Norse mythology)
léi shè
laser (loanword used in Taiwan)
also written 鐳射|镭射
Léi dé
Clark T. Randt Jr. (1945-), US ambassador to Beijing since 2001
Léi zhōu
Leizhou county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhan4 jiang1], Guangdong
Léi kè sà sī
Lexus
see also 凌志[Ling2 zhi4]
Léi màn xiōng dì
Lehman brothers, investment bank
dà fā léi tíng
to be furious
to fly into a terrible rage
Léi bō
Leibo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
Léi shān
Leishan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
bào tiào rú léi
stamp with fury
fly into a rage
léi fēng tǎ
Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)
rú léi guàn ěr
lit. like thunder piercing the ear
a well-known reputation (idiom)
léi dǎ bù dòng
not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable
to adhere rigidly to regulations
will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan)
léi niǎo
capercaillie (Lagopus, several species)
thunderbird (in native American mythology)
léi lóng
apatosaurus
former name: brontosaurus
zhǎng shēng léi dòng
thunderous applause (idiom)
Léi zhōu shì
Leizhou county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhan4 jiang1], Guangdong
Léi gēn
Reagan (name)
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989)
Léi nuò shù
Reynolds number (ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces in fluid mechanics)
À dé léi dé
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
also written 阿德萊德|阿德莱德
Bù léi dùn sēn lín
Bretton woods conference in 1944 of allied powers, regulating world exchange rates and setting up IMF and world bank
Léi nuò ā
Renoir (name)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), French impressionist painter
Léi shān xiàn
Leishan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo
loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); a lot of talk, but no action
action speaks louder than words
his bite is worse than his bark
xiǎng léi
to be thundering
thunder clap
CL:個|个[ge4]
Léi bō xiàn
Leibo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
tàn léi
to detect mines
mine detection
Sū kè léi
Sucre, constitutional capital of Bolivia
Kǎn tè bó léi dà zhǔ jiào
Archbishop of Canterbury, head of Church of England
Hā lā léi
Harare, capital of Zimbabwe
Ān kè léi qí
Anchorage (city in Alaska)
bù gǎn yuè léi chí yī bù
dare not go one step beyond the prescribed limit
Léi shén Gōng sī
Raytheon Company, US defense contractor
Zhāng Tài léi
Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
Tǎn pèi léi
Tampere (Swedish Tammerfors), Finland's second city
hé dì léi
nuclear land mine
nuclear mine
bù yuè léi chí
not overstepping the prescribed limits
to remain within bounds
Dé léi ěr
Dreyer (name)
June Teufel Dreyer, China expert at Univ. of Miami and Foreign Policy Research Institute
Léi kè yǎ wéi kè
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland (Tw)
Āi ěr wéi sī · Pǔ léi sī lì
Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star
páo xiào rú léi
to be in a thundering rage (idiom)
Dé léi fú sī
Dreyfus (name)
Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
léi dà yǔ xiǎo
lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action
his bark is worse than his bite
Dí sī léi lì
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British conservative politician and novelist, prime minister 1868-1880
Léi lǎng
Luilang, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Fú léi dé lǐ kè dùn
Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada
Léi · Luó mǎ nuò
Ray Romano (1957-), US actor and comedian
Sī léi bù léi ní chá
Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Tú ā léi gé
Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
gǔ sī tǎ fū · duō léi
Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor
Xī měng · Pèi léi sī
Shimon Peres, ninth president of Israel
Jiā lì lüè · Jiā lì léi
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
Fú luò lún dì nuò · Pèi léi sī
Florentino Pérez (1947-), Spanish businessman and president of Real Madrid football club
yì pín léi dá shōu fā jī
transponder
electronic device that responds to a radio code
Léi lǎng zú
Luilang, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Dé léi fú sī àn jiàn
Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice
Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd
fig. to bully the weakest person
to pick on an easy target
Léi mǔ sī tīng
variant of 德國戰車|德国战车, Rammstein (German metal band)
Gé léi Shì Jiě pōu xué
Gray's Anatomy (medical reference book)
bó dé léi ēn tú shū guǎn
Bodleian Library (Oxford)
léi diàn jì
brontometer
apparatus to measure thunder and lightning
Léi rì nà
Regina (name)
Regina, city in Brazil
Léi zhá yē hú
lake Urmiyeh, northwest Iran, a major salt lake
formerly called lake Rezaiyeh
Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person
to pick on an easy target
Mǎ ěr kè Ào léi lì
Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
Wéi ěr fú léi zī
(George) Wehrfritz (Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek)
léi diàn jì tú
brontograph
record of thunder and lightning
léi yà ěr
real (Brazilian currency) (loanword)
Léi · Luó mǎ nuò
Ray Romano (1957-), US actor and comedian
Ā dé léi dé
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
also written 阿德萊德|阿德莱德
bào léi
(slang) to reveal a spoiler (Tw)
Léi kè yǎ wèi kè
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland
Léi gōng
Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person
to pick on an easy target
léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo
loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); a lot of talk, but no action
action speaks louder than words
his bite is worse than his bark
Léi shén zhī Chuí
Quake (video game series)
Léi màn Xiōng dì
Lehman Brothers, investment bank
Léi zhá yē Hú
Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake
formerly called lake Rezaiyeh
Léi fēng Tǎ
Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)
huó Léi Fēng
selfless model citizen, just like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1]
Gé léi máo sī
Greymouth, town in New Zealand
also written 格雷默斯[Ge2 lei2 mo4 si1]
Kǎn tè bó léi Gù shì Jí
The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟|乔叟[Qiao2 sou3]
Sī tú Léi dēng
John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first President of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China
Gǔ sī tǎ fū · Shī tè léi zé màn
Gustav Stresemann (Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic)
Gǔ sī tǎ fū · Duō léi
Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor
Jiā lì lüè · Jiā lì léi
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
bù yuè Léi chí
not overstepping the prescribed limits
to remain within bounds
Āi ěr wéi sī · Pǔ léi sī lì
Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star
yán léi niǎo
(bird species of China) rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
liǔ léi niǎo
(bird species of China) willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
dǎ mèn léi
(coll.) to wonder secretly
to make wild conjectures
mèn léi
muffled thunder
(fig.) sudden shock
blow
Fú léi dé lǐ kè dùn
Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada
Fú luò lún dì nuò · Pèi léi sī
Florentino Pérez (1947-), Spanish businessman and president of Real Madrid football club
Xī měng · Pèi léi sī
Shimon Peres, ninth president of Israel
bù gǎn yuè Léi chí yī bù
dare not go one step beyond the prescribed limit