Chinese–English dictionary

Words starting with L

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121 words

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联合lián héto combine; to join联合国Lián hé guóUnited Nations连忙lián mángpromptly; at once联系lián xìconnection; contact练习liàn xíto practice; exercise连续lián xùcontinuous; in a row连续剧lián xù jùserialized drama; dramatic series凉liángcool; cold两liǎngtwo; both亮liàngbright; light; to shine; to flash辆liàngclassifier for vehicles量liángto measure凉快liáng kuainice and cold; pleasantly cool凉水liáng shuǐcool water; unboiled water料liàomaterial; stuff了解liǎo jiěto understand; to realizeIn context烈lièardent; intense临línto face; to overlook零língzero; nought领lǐngneck; collar另lìngother; another领导lǐng dǎolead; leading另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition零下líng xiàbelow zero领先lǐng xiānto lead; to be in front另一方面lìng yī fāng miànon the other hand; another aspect流liúto flow; to disseminate留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain六liùsix; 6陆liùsix (banker's anti-fraud numeral)流利liú lìfluent留下liú xiàto leave behind; to stay behind流行liú xíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate留学liú xuéto study abroad留学生liú xué shēngstudent studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student龙lóngChinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor弄lònglane; alley楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread楼下lóu xiàdownstairs录lùto carve wood路lùroad (CL:條|条[tiáo]); journey旅lǚtrip; travel律lǜlaw虑lǜto think over; to consider绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lǜ mào zi]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)路边lù biāncurb; roadside; wayside绿茶lǜ chágreen tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative旅馆lǚ guǎnhotel; CL:家[jiā]旅客lǚ kètraveler; tourist路口lù kǒucrossing; intersection (of roads)绿色lǜ sègreen路上lù shangon the road; on the way; en route路线lù xiànitinerary; route旅行lǚ xíngto travel; journey; trip旅行社lǚ xíng shètravel agency录音lù yīnto record (sound); sound recording旅游lǚ yóutrip; journey乱luànin confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind论lùnopinion; view