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累累

lěi lěi

2-character word

What 累累 means

1. again and again
2. innumerable
3. repeated
4. riddled with
5. accumulated

Other readings

累累 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• léi léi(of fruit, achievements etc) clusters of; piles of; heaps of; gaunt; haggard; wretched; Ta
• léi léivariant of {累累|léi léi}

The characters in 累累

• 累lèitired; weary; to strain
• 累lèitired; weary; to strain

Example sentences

• 有些人负债累累。
  Yǒuxiērén fùzhàilěilěi.
  There are people drowning in debt.

Words containing 累累

• 果实累累guǒ shí léi léilit. prodigious abundance of fruit (idiom); fruit hangs heavy on the bough…
• 罪行累累zuì xíng lěi lěihaving an extensive criminal record
• 血债累累xuè zhài lěi lěidebts of blood crying out for retribution
• 负债累累fù zhài lěi lěideep in debt
• 赤字累累chì zì lěi lěidebt-ridden; heavily laden with debt
• 硕果累累shuò guǒ lěi lěiheavily laden with fruit; fertile (of trees); many noteworthy achievements
• 伤痕累累shāng hén lěi lěicuts and bruises all over the body
• 弹痕累累dàn hén lěi lěibullet-riddled

Sounds the same

Read lěi lěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 磊磊big pile of rocks; bighearted; open and honest