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Words starting with L

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拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument)落làto leave out; to be missing来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)来到lái dàoto arrive; to come来自lái zìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)蓝lánblue; indigo plant篮lánbasket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)篮球lán qiúbasketball; CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]蓝色lán sèblue (color)浪làngwave; breaker浪费làng fèito waste; to squander老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people)老百姓lǎo bǎi xìngordinary people; the "person in the street"老板lǎo bǎnboss; business proprietor老年lǎo niánelderly; old age老朋友lǎo péng youold friend; (slang) period老人lǎo rénold man or woman; the elderly老师lǎo shīteacher; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]老是lǎo shialways老太太lǎo tài taielderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother老头儿lǎo tóu rsee 老頭子|老头子[lǎo tóu zi]乐lèhappy; cheerful了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)乐观lè guānoptimistic; hopeful雷léithunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[dì léi] land mine类lèikind; type累lěito accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi])类似lèi sìsimilar; analogous冷lěngcold礼lǐgift; rite李lǐplum里lǐli, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood理lǐtexture; grain (of wood)力lìpower; force历lìcalendar立lìto stand; to set up丽lìbeautiful利lìsharp; favorable例lìexample; precedent里边lǐ bianinside理发lǐ fàto get a haircut; to have one's hair done; to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut离婚lí hūnto divorce理解lǐ jiěto comprehend; to understand离开lí kāito depart; to leave立刻lì kèforthwith; immediate力量lì liangpower; force; strength理论lǐ lùntheory; CL:個|个[gè]里面lǐ miàninside; interior例如lì rúfor example; for instance; such as里头lǐ touinside; interior礼物lǐ wùgift; present; CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè],份[fèn]理想lǐ xiǎngan ideal; a dream利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of理由lǐ yóureason; grounds例子lì zicase; (for) instance连liánto link; to join联lián(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join; (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet脸liǎnface; CL:張|张[zhāng],個|个[gè]练liànto practice; to train炼liànto refine; to smelt