勒
HSK 7freq #2605
Meanings
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- 1.(literary) bridle; halter; headstall
- 2.to rein in
- 3.to compel; to force
- 4.(literary) to carve; to engrave
- 5.(literary) to command; to lead (an army etc)
- 6.(physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[lè kè sī])
- 1.to strap tightly
- 2.to bind
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Wiktionary
- 1.bridle (headgear for a horse)
- 2.to rein in; to restrain
- 3.to compel; to force; to coerce
- 4.to halter; to headstall
- 5.to command; to lead; to lay out (forces)
- 6.to strap tightly; to bind tight; to strangle; to tighten
- 7.to restrict; to limit
- 8.to cut; to carve; to engrave
- 9.to compile; to bind (to make a book)
- 10.to write; to draw; to depict
- 11.to extort; to blackmail
- 12.to tantalise; to provoke
- 13.to roll up one's sleeves or trousers
- 14.to use one's hand to straighten up something
- 15.to make a pleat
- 16.a respelling of the French patronymic le
- 17.to be at; to be in
- 18.at; in
- 19.the process of; currently (used to indicate the continuous aspect)
- 20.-ed; used to indicate the perfective aspect
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *rɯːɡ): semantic 革 + phonetic 力 (OC *rɯɡ). Bridles are made of leather.
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Components
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Example sentences
海倫凱勒眼盲,耳聾,又啞。
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.
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Related words
弥勒 Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha塔勒 thaler or taler (currency of various Germanic countries in 15th-19th centuries) (loanword)勒令 to order勒庞 Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician勒毙 to strangle or throttle to death勒索 to blackmail克勒 Keller or Köhler (name)勾勒 to draw the outline of勒戒 to force sb to give up (a drug)罗勒 sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)勒紧 to tighten石勒 Shi Le, founder of Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms 后赵[Hòu Zhào] (319-350)