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违戾

wéi lì

2-character word Traditional 違戾

What 违戾 means

1. to violate
2. to go against

The characters in 违戾

• 违wéito disobey; to violate; to separate
• 戾lìto bend; to violate; to go against

Sounds the same

Read wéi lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 为例used in the construction 以...以...为例, "to take ... as an example"
• 违例to break the rules
• 韦利Waley or Whaley (name); Arthur Waley (1889-1966), pioneer British sinologist

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