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履

lǚ

HSK 6 Character

What 履 means

1. shoe
2. to tread on

Example sentences

• 军人必须履行他们的命令。
  Jūnrén bìxū lǚxíng tāmen de mìnglìng.
  Soldiers must carry out their orders.
• 我对自己的履历不那么在意。
  Wǒ duì zìjǐ de lǚlì bù nàme zàiyì.
  I don't worry so much about my resume.
• 你的履历给我留下深刻的印象。
  Nǐ de lǚlì gěi wǒ liúxià shēnkè de yìnxiàng.
  Your résumé has really impressed me.
• 我理所当然地认为他会履行诺言。
  I took it for granted that he would keep his word.
• 他履行了他的承诺，并且帮助了他的兄弟。
  Tā lǚxíng le tā de chéngnuò, bìngqiě bāngzhù le tā de xiōngdì.
  He kept his promise and helped his brothers.
• 它们主要的看法其中也有“没有西装革履也可以很正经”。
  Tāmen zhǔyào de kànfǎ qízhōng yě yǒu "méiyǒu xīzhuānggélǚ yě kěyǐ hěn zhèngjīng ".
  They also have ‘You can be serious without a suit’ as one of their key beliefs.

Words starting with 履

• 履行lǚ xíngto fulfill (one's obligations); to carry out (a task); to implement (an agreement)
• 履历lǚ lìbackground (academic and work); curriculum vitae; résumé
• 履约lǚ yuēto keep a promise; to honor an agreement
• 履历表lǚ lì biǎocurriculum vitae (CV); resume
• 履带lǚ dàicaterpillar track (propulsion system used on bulldozers etc); (literary) shoes and belt
• 履新lǚ xīn(of an official) to take up a new post; (literary) to celebrate the New Year
• 履职lǚ zhíto fulfill one's job or duty
• 履历片lǚ lì piàncurriculum vitae (CV)
• 履约保证金lǚ yuē bǎo zhèng jīnperformance bond (international trade)
• 履践lǚ jiànto carry out (a task)
• 履险如夷lǚ xiǎn rú yílit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)…
• 履舄交错lǚ xì jiāo cuòlit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom); fig. many guests come and go…

Words containing 履

• 步履bù lǚgait; to walk
• 西装革履xī zhuāng gé lǚdressed in Western-style clothes; impeccably attired
• 如履薄冰rú lǚ bó bīng(lit.) as if walking on thin ice (idiom); (fig.) extremely cautious
• 衣履yī lǚclothes and shoes
• 革履gé lǚleather shoes
• 半履带车bàn lǚ dài chēhalf-track (vehicle with wheels at the front and continuous tracks in the rear)
• 削足适履xuē zú shì lǚto cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)…
• 鞋履xié lǚfootwear
• 草履虫cǎo lǚ chóngparamecium
• 步履维艰bù lǚ wéi jiānto have difficulty walking (idiom); to walk with difficulty
• 郑人买履zhèng rén mǎi lǚ(lit.) the person from Zheng 郑; (fig.) disregarding the sensible approach in favor of…
• 章甫荐履zhāng fǔ jiàn lǚcourt crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down
• 躬履gōng lǚto carry out a task personally; to take responsibility for
• 蹑履niè lǚto wear shoes
• 步履蹒跚bù lǚ pán shān(idiom) to walk unsteadily; to hobble along
• 瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guānlit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum…

Characters that look like 履

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

• 薇wēiOsmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 篷péngsail
• 箍gūhoop; to bind with hoops
• 蔻kòuused in 豆蔻
• 蓿xùclover; lucerne; Taiwan pr. sù
• 翟dílong-tail pheasant

Sounds the same

Read lǚ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 旅trip; travel; to travel
• 侣companion
• 屡time and again; repeatedly; frequently
• 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