Cantonese words starting with L

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A village gate or alley gate; a village of 25 families; one's hometown.

Burdensome or detrimental to one's team.

Donkey; an equine mammal domesticated for draft work and meat.

Thunderstorm; weather with thunder and lightning.

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驢打滾驴打滚

Lüdagun, a traditional Beijing sweet roll made of glutinous rice and soybean flour; also refers to snowballing usury.

Radar; technology or devices that use reflected radio waves to measure distance and speed.

Thunder and lightning.

To beat a drum or play the drums.

The God of Thunder in Chinese mythology.

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雷公轟雷公轰

A pawnshop that charges unreasonably high interest.

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Changeable lizard or oriental garden lizard, commonly mistaken for a gecko.

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雷克雅未克

Reykjavík, the capital city of Iceland.

Loyalty to friends, especially the code of brotherhood among gang members.

Thunderstorm; weather with both rain and thunder.

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雷厲風行雷厉风行

To execute orders with lightning speed and strict severity.

Police Inspector; a Hong Kong police slang term based on the two pips on the shoulder badge.

Repeatedly, again and again, or heavily accumulated.

To strike by lightning.

Laser; a coherent, monochromatic beam of light emitted through stimulated atomic or molecular transitions.

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鐳射唱片镭射唱片

Compact disc; CD.

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鐳射影碟镭射影碟

Laserdisc; an optical disc storage medium for video.

Lace; a decorative, openwork woven fabric made by looping, twisting, or knitting.

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雷霆萬鈞雷霆万钧

As powerful as a thunderbolt; possessing irresistible force.

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雷霆掃毒雷霆扫毒

Highs and Lows; a Hong Kong television crime drama series.

Identical; highly similar or resembling.

A young donkey; a foal.

Companion, partner, or associate.

Puppet or dummy; also meaning to injure or damage.

A Chinese surname, typically romanized as Lui in Hong Kong.

Repeatedly; frequently; many times.

To travel; a trip or journey.

An ancient river in northern China.

Open and honest, or bumpy, uneven, and heaped.

Backbone; spine.

In, inside, or within; used to indicate a location.

Aluminium; the chemical element with atomic number 13 and symbol Al.

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屢敗屢戰屡败屡战

To keep on fighting despite continual setbacks; to persevere through failures.

Inside; the interior.

Repeatedly; time and again; many times.

A journey, trip, or the route of a journey.

Continuous tracks or caterpillar tracks on heavy vehicles, used to prevent sinking into mud.

Inside; within; the inner side or interior of something.

An inn, hotel, or hostel providing accommodation for travelers.

Travel expenses; the money needed for a trip.

To accumulate or add up to a total; cumulative.

To reside or live in a foreign place temporarily for an extended period, with the intention of returning home.

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屢見不鮮屡见不鲜

Commonplace; occurring repeatedly and typically referring to something negative.

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屢建奇功屡建奇功

To repeatedly perform outstanding feats or achieve great success time after time.

Hostel, inn, or guesthouse; a commercial establishment providing temporary lodging for travelers, usually smaller than a hotel.

A traveller, tourist, or passenger.