lè
to rein in
to compel
to force
to carve
to engrave
(literary) to command
to lead
lux (unit of illumination)
(literary) bridle
Kù ěr lè
Korla Shehiri, Korla or Ku'erle City, capital of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Ā lè tài
Altay prefecture level city in Xinjiang
Xī lín guō lè
Xilin Gol league, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
Mí lè
Mile county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
gōu lè
to draw the outline of
to outline
to sketch
to delineate contours of
to give a brief account of
Nà bù lè sī
Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy
Naples
gé lè
(onom.) laughing sound
glug-glug haha!
Duō pǔ lè
Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect
Fèi dé lè
Roger Federer (1981-), Swiss tennis star
Xī lín guō lè méng
Xilin Gol league, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
Mí lè fó
Maitreya
the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
kè lè
Keller or Köhler (name)
Horst Köhler (1943-), German economist and CDU politician, chaired IMF 2000-2004, President of Germany from 2004
Mǎ lè
Mahler (name)
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Austrian composer
Ā lè tài dì qū
Altay prefecture in Xinjiang
Kè zī lè sū
Qizilsu or Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang
Kù ěr lè shì
Korla Shehiri, Korla or Ku'erle City, capital of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
Bù jiā lè sī tè
Bucharest, capital of Romania
Xí lè
Schiller (name)
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller or Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist
luó lè
sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)
Shū lè
Shule ancient name for modern Kashgar
Shule county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
xuán yá lè mǎ
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time
Liè níng gé lè
Leningrad, name of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡 1923-1991
Sī dà lín gé lè
Stalingrad, former name of Volvograd 伏爾加格勒|伏尔加格勒 (1925-1961)
lè mǎ
to guide a horse with the reins
to rein in a horse
Ā lè tài shì
Altay prefecture level city in Xinjiang
Hǎi lún · Kǎi lē
Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)
Bǐ lè tuó lì yà
Pretoria, capital of South Africa
Kè zī lè sū Kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu
Qizilsu or Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang
Sà gé lè bù
Zagreb, capital of Croatia 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4]
Kāi pǔ lè
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Huò lín guō lè
Huolin Gol county level city in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
Ní lè kè
Nilka county or Nilqa nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Tuō lè mì
Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC
Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成
see also 托勒玫[Tuo1 le4 mei2]
Mí lè xiàn
Mile county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
Màn dé lè
Mandalay, province and second city of Myanmar (Burma)
lè jiè
to force sb to give up (a drug)
to enforce abstinence
to break drug dependence
Shí Lè
Shi Le, founder of Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms 後趙|后赵 (319-350)
Cè lè
Chira Nahiyisi
Chira county in Khotan prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
lēi jǐn kù dài
to tighten one's belt
to live more frugally
Ná sǎ lè
Nazareth (in Biblical Palestine)
Ní lè kè xiàn
Nilka county or Nilqa nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Huò lín guō lè shì
Huolin Gol county level city in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
Shū lè xiàn
Shule county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Rú lè · Fán ěr nà
Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories, author of Around the World in Eighty Days 八十天环绕地球
Bā lè sī tǎn Mín zú Quán lì Jī gòu
Palestinian National Authority
lēi bì
to strangle or throttle to death
Sī dà lín gé lè Zhàn yì
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces
Cè lè xiàn
Chira Nahiyisi
Chira county in Khotan prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[He2 tian2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Fú ěr jiā gé lè
Volgograd, Russian city on the Volga River 伏爾加河|伏尔加河[Fu2 er3 jia1 He2]
Jiā lǐ níng gé lè
Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic
formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia
Bǐ lè fèi ěr dé
Bielefeld (city in Germany)
Suǒ fú kè lè sī
Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Oedipus the King
Bā lè sī tǎn jiě fàng zǔ zhī
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Lè Páng
Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician
Bǐ dé gé lè
Petrograd, variant spelling of 彼得堡[Bi3 de2 bao3], Saint Petersburg
Dé lè zī
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995), French philosopher
Kē dí lè lā
Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands
Dé bù lè sēn
Debrecen, Hungary's second city, capital of Hajdú-Bihar county 豪伊杜·比豪爾州|豪伊杜·比豪尔州[Hao2 yi1 du4 · Bi4 hao2 er3 zhou1] in east Hungary on the border with Romania
É lè bèi gé · Dào ěr jí
Elbegdorj Tsakhia or Tsakhia-giin Elbegdorj (1963-), Mongolian US educated Democratic Party politician, president of Mongolia from 2009
Sī dà lín gé lè Huì zhàn
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)
also called 斯大林格勒戰役|斯大林格勒战役
Lì lè hā mò ěr
Lillehammer (city in Norway)
Kē dí lè lā shān xì
Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands
Kāi pǔ lè dìng lǜ
Kepler's laws of planetary motion (1609, 1618)
Dì lè ní ān hǎi
Tyrrhenian sea between Sardinia and the Italian mainland
Ēn péi duō kè lēi
Empedocles (490-430 BC), Greek Sicilian pre-Socratic philosopher
lè bī
to coerce
to force
to press sb into doing sth
Nà bù lè sī wáng guó
Kingdom of Naples (1282-1860)
Shū lè guó
Shule, oasis state in central Asia (near modern Kashgar) at different historical periods
Fú luò lēi sī dǎo
Flores, Indonesia
also written 弗洛里斯島|弗洛里斯岛[Fu2 luo4 li3 si1 dao3]
Fú lǐ dé lǐ xī · Xí lè
Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist
Jiā lè bǐ Guó jiā Lián méng
Association of Caribbean States
Tuō lè méi
Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成
see also 托勒密[Tuo1 le4 mi4]
Jiě fàng Bā lè sī tǎn Rén mín Zhèn xiàn
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Lè wēi yē
Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877), French mathematician and astronomer who predicted the position of Neptune
Dé lè bā kè
Drøbak (city in Akershus, Norway)
Huáng jiā Jiā lè bǐ Hǎi yóu lún gōng sī
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Tuō lè mì Wáng
Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC
Kè zī lè sū hé
Qizilsu or Kizilsu River in Xinjiang
Kè zī lè sū dì qū
Qizilsu or Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang
Lè sī bō sī
Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean)
Lè sī bō sī dǎo
Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean)
Lè wéi fu
Lviv (Lvov), town in western Ukraine
Sī kǎ bó lè Jiāo
Scarborough Shoal (Philippines' name for Huangyan Island)
shèng Pān kè lēi sī zhàn
Saint Pancras (London railway station)
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
extortion and blackmail (idiom)
Hǎi lún · Kǎi lē
Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)
Wǎ lè tā
Valletta, capital of Malta (Tw)
Dì lè ní ān Hǎi
Tyrrhenian Sea between Sardinia and the Italian mainland
bèi kè lè ěr
becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq)
abbr. to 貝克|贝克[bei4 ke4]
Bèi ěr gé lè
Belgrade, capital of Serbia (Tw)
Dōu bǔ lè
variant of 多普勒[Duo1 pu3 le4]
É lè bèi gé · Dào ěr jí
Elbegdorj Tsakhia or Tsakhia-giin Elbegdorj (1963-), Mongolian US educated Democratic Party politician, president of Mongolia from 2009
Mǎ kě · Ào lēi liú
Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman Emperor
Fú lǐ dé lǐ xī · Xí lè
Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist
Kè lè
Keller or Köhler (name)
Horst Köhler (1943-), German economist and CDU politician, chaired IMF 2000-2004, President of Germany from 2004
Kè zī lè sū Hé
Qizilsu or Kizilsu River in Xinjiang
Jiā lǐ níng gé lè
Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic
formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia
lēi lēi chē
wagon (yoked to beast of burden)
Lè sī bō sī Dǎo
Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean)
È lè Hǎi xiá
Øresund
The Sound (strait between Denmark and Sweden)
Sāi lè mǔ
Salem, capital of Oregon
Salem, city in Massachusets
Salem, city in India
Bā lè sī tǎn Jiě fàng Zǔ zhī
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
ān mó lè
see 餘甘子|余甘子[yu2 gan1 zi3]
Rú lè · Fán ěr nà
Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories, author of Around the World in Eighty Days 八十天环绕地球