Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 雷


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Meaning

thunder, terrific

Pronunciation

léi

Explanation

Top: rain (= window with cloud and drops ), below: field

Mnemonic

Rain falls on the field amidst thunder.

Radicals

rain
field
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Vocabulary

雷达 léi dá radar (loanword)
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
哈雷彗星 Hā léi huì xīng Halley's comet
咆哮如雷 páo xiào rú léi to be in a thundering rage (idiom)
饵雷 ěr léi baited trap; booby-trap
雷公打豆腐,拣软的欺 Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy target
雷霆 léi tíng sound of thunder
雷鸣 léi míng thunder; very loud sounds
韦尔弗雷兹 Wéi ěr fú léi zī (George) Wehrfritz (Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek)
雷诺 Léi nuò Reynolds (name); Renault (French car company); Reno, Nevada

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