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屡

lǚ

HSK 6 Character Traditional 屢

What 屡 means

1. time and again
2. repeatedly
3. frequently

Words starting with 屡

• 屡次lǚ cìrepeatedly; time and again
• 屡屡lǚ lǚagain and again; repeatedly
• 屡见不鲜lǚ jiàn bù xiāna common occurrence (idiom)
• 屡试不爽lǚ shì bù shuǎngwell-tried; time-tested
• 屡加lǚ jiāply
• 屡遭lǚ zāoto suffer repeatedly
• 屡出狂言lǚ chū kuáng yánrepeated gaffes
• 屡劝不听lǚ quàn bù tīng(idiom) refusing to listen to advice or remonstrance; incorrigible
• 屡战屡败lǚ zhàn lǚ bàito suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
• 屡败屡战lǚ bài lǚ zhànto keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
• 屡教不改lǚ jiào bù gǎilit. not to change, despite repeated admonition; incorrigible; unrepentant
• 屡禁不止lǚ jìn bù zhǐto continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
• 屡禁不绝lǚ jìn bù juéto continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)

Characters built on 娄

These share the phonetic component 娄 (Lóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 缕lǚstrand; thread; detailed
• 褛lǚused in 褴褛
• 窭jùpoor; rustic

Characters that look like 屡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 幕mùcurtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general
• 屠túto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 蜃shèngiant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of…
• 蓦mòleap on or over; suddenly

Sounds the same

Read lǚ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 旅trip; travel; to travel
• 履shoe; to tread on
• 侣companion
• 缕strand; thread; detailed
• 吕pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
• 铝aluminum (chemistry)
• 捋to smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers; to stroke
• 褛used in 褴褛
• 膂backbone; strength
• 梠beam at the eaves
• 溇drizzle
• 穞wild grain