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雷声

léi shēng

2-character word Traditional 雷聲

What 雷声 means

1. thunder

The characters in 雷声

• 雷léithunder; (bound form; military) mine, as in 地雷; (colloquial) to shock; to stun; to astound
• 声shēngsound; voice; tone

Example sentences

• 雷声吓到孩子了。
  Léishēng xià dào háizi le.
  The thunder scared the children.
• 我听到了远处的雷声。
  I heard it thunder in the distance.
• 光传播得比声音快，所以我们先看到闪电，然后才会听见雷声。
  Guāng chuánbō de bǐ shēngyīn kuài, suǒyǐ wǒmen xiān kàn dào shǎndiàn, ránhòu cái huì tīngjiàn léishēng.
  It is because light travels faster than sound that we see lightning before we hear thunder.

Words starting with 雷声

• 雷声大，雨点小léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎolit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); fig. a lot of talk, but no action