累 - lěi - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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累

lěi

Definition

to accumulate
to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4])
continuous
repeated

Other pronunciations

累	lèi	tired
累	léi	rope to bind together to twist around

Character Decomposition

Compounds (9)

螺

luó

spiral shell; snail; conch

摞

luò

to pile up; to stack; a pile; a stack

mule

scrofula; tuberculosis of glands

bind; bond

name of a river

a heap of stones; boulders

蔂

léi

basket for carrying earth

樏

lěi

mountain-climbing shoes

Related words (32)

累及

lěi jí

to involve; to affect

累犯

lěi fàn

to repeatedly commit an offense; repeat offender; habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism

to accumulate

again and again; innumerable; repeated; riddled with; accumulated; countless

累计

lěi jì

to accumulate; cumulative

累进

lěi jìn

progressive (taxation etc)

累加器

lěi jiā qì

accumulator (computing)

cumulative total

to get dragged into; to get involved (on sb else's account)

带累

dài lěi

to get sb involved in one's trouble; Taiwan pr. [dai4 lei4]

拖累

tuō lěi

to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate

牵累

qiān lěi

to weigh down; to trouble; to implicate (sb); tied down (by affairs)

积累

jī lěi

to accumulate; accumulation

芜累

wú lěi

mixed-up and superfluous

负累

fù lěi

to implicate; to involve

连累

lián lěi

to involve; to implicate sb; to spread to others (harm, trouble, damage etc)

慢累积

màn lěi jī

accumulates slowly; cumulative (e.g. poison)

拖累症

tuō lěi zhèng

codependency (psychology)

cumulative

bruised; riddled with scars

bullet-riddled

all year round; over a long period

日积月累

rì jī yuè lěi

to accumulate over a long period of time

盈箱累箧

yíng xiāng lěi qiè

to fill boxes and baskets to the brim (with treasures)

硕果累累

shuò guǒ lěi lěi

heavily laden with fruit; fertile (of trees); many noteworthy achievements

积德累功

jī dé lěi gōng

to accumulate merit and virtue

cumulative poison

for years; over the years

罪行累累

zuì xíng lěi lěi

having an extensive criminal record; weighed down with crimes

血债累累

xuè zhài lěi lěi

debts of blood crying out for retribution

deep in debt

debt-ridden; heavily laden with debt

Idioms (9)

事危累卵

shì wēi lěi luǎn

(lit.) the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture

危如累卵

wēi rú lěi luǎn

precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment; in a dangerous state

成千累万

chéng qiān lěi wàn

(lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands

成年累月

chéng nián lěi yuè

year in, year out (idiom)

积年累月

jī nián lěi yuè

year in, year out (idiom); (over) many years

积金累玉

jī jīn lěi yù

to accumulate gold and jewels (idiom); prosperous

连篇累牍

lián piān lěi dú

(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom); verbose

长年累月

cháng nián lěi yuè

year in, year out (idiom); (over) many years

长篇累牍

cháng piān lěi dú

(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)

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