勒 - lè - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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11 strokes
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勒

lè

Definition

to rein in
to compel
to force
to carve
to engrave
(literary) to command
to lead
lux (unit of illumination)
(literary) bridle

Other pronunciations

lēi

to strap tightly
to bind

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

嘞

lei

(sentence-final) particle (similar to 了, but carrying a tone of approval)

鳓

lè

Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata); white herring; slender shad

Related words (13)

to order; to force

to force sb to give up (a drug); to enforce abstinence; to break drug dependence

勒索

lè suǒ

to blackmail; to extort

勒逼

lè bī

to coerce; to force; to press sb into doing sth

勒马

lè mǎ

to guide a horse with the reins; to rein in a horse

blackmail

to draw the outline of; to outline; to sketch; to delineate contours of; to give a brief account of

格勒

gé lè

(onom.) laughing sound; glug-glug haha!

罗勒

luó lè

basil; sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum); basilikum

see 余甘子

(slang) shoot!; crap!

掳人勒赎

lǔ rén lè shú

kidnapping for ransom

贝克勒尔

bèi kè lè ěr

becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq); abbr. to 贝克

Idioms (2)

悬崖勒马

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

敲诈勒索

qiāo zhà lè suǒ

extortion and blackmail (idiom)

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