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雳

lì

Character Traditional 靂

What 雳 means

1. used in {霹雳|pī lì}

Example sentences

• 晴天霹雳。
  Qíngtiānpīlì.
  It was like a bolt out of the blue.
• 你为什么要唤我起来，告诉我如此晴天霹雳的消息? 现在你教我如何认真工作?
  Nǐ wèishénme yào huàn wǒ qǐlai, gàosu wǒ rúcǐ qíngtiānpīlì de xiāoxi? xiànzài nǐ jiāo wǒ rúhé rènzhēn gōngzuò?
  Why did you wake me up to tell me something that big? Now, I'll never be able to concentrate on my work!
• 你为什幺要唤我起来，告诉我如此晴天霹雳的消息? 现在你教我如何认真工作?
  Why did you wake me up to tell me something that big? Now, I'll never be able to concentrate on my work!

Words containing 雳

• 霹雳pī lìthunderclap; (slang) awesome; shocking; terrifying
• 晴天霹雳qíng tiān pī lìlit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); fig. a bolt from the blue
• 霹雳舞pī lì wǔto breakdance; breakdancing
• 列缺霹雳liè quē pī lìlightning and thunder
• 青天霹雳qīng tiān pī lì(lit.) thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); (fig.) a bolt from the blue
• 霹雳啪啦pī lì pā lāsee 噼里啪啦

Characters built on 历

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

• 沥lìto drip; to strain or filter; a trickle
• 枥lìtype of oak; stable (for horses)
• 呖lìsound of splitting; cracking
• 疬lìused in 瘰疬
• 坜lìhole, pit
• 苈lìDrabanemerosa hebecarpa

Characters that look like 雳

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

• 常chángalways; ever; often
• 蓄xùto store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
• 剪jiǎn(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out…
• 筒tǒngtube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
• 窟kūcave; hole
• 葱cōngscallion; green onion

Sounds the same

Read lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 力power; force; strength
• 历calendar
• 利sharp; favorable; advantage
• 例example; precedent; rule
• 励to encourage; to urge
• 丽beautiful
• 厉strict; severe
• 立to stand; to set up; to establish
• 粒grain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects…
• 隶(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate…
• 俐used in 伶俐
• 莉used in 茉莉; used in the transliteration of female names