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雷

léi · lei/Léi · lei

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Old HSK 5

Meaning

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léi 雷

  1. thunder
  2. (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷 (dì léi) land mine
  3. (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound
  4. (Tw) (coll.) spoiler
  5. (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)

Léi 雷

  1. surname Lei

In a sentence

2 examples
01

昨(zuó)晚(wǎn)的(de)雷(léi)声(shēng)太(tài)大(dà)，我(wǒ)几(jī)乎(hū)没(méi)睡(shuì)着(zháo)。

The thunder last night was so loud that I barely slept.

02

听(tīng)到(dào)这(zhè)个(ge)消(xiāo)息(xi)，大(dà)家(jiā)都(dōu)被(bèi)雷(léi)到(dào)了(le)。

Hearing this news, everyone was stunned.

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