Cantonese words starting with L

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Your mother; a respectful term used to refer to the listener's mother.

The two-character Chinese surname Linghu.

An honorific term for your father.

Lift or elevator; a device used to carry people or goods up and down different floors.

To hunt; to chase down a target in order to catch or kill it.

Bristles on a wild animal, long whiskers, a fin, or a bird's crest.

Hunting rifle or shotgun; a large-caliber long gun used for hunting.

Liede, a village in Guangzhou, China.

Hound or hunting dog; a dog used to assist humans in hunting.

Hunter; a person who hunts animals for a living.

To flap or flutter, or the sound of wind blowing or howling.

Prey or game; a hunter's target animal, or figuratively, a target being pursued.

Cheetah; a large, fast-running wild cat native to Africa and Iran.

To hunt down and kill.

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獵頭公司猎头公司

Headhunting firm; an executive search or employment recruitment agency.

Prey from a hunt; quarry or catch.

Cold, icy, or piercingly cold; clear and pure.

To arrange, line up, or form a row; also a measure word for trains.

To crack, split, or rend.

To stumble, be awkward, or fail to progress smoothly.

A list, table, or chart containing written text or diagrams.

Train; a railway engine connected to carriages or wheeled containers running on a track.

To list; to make a list of related items for easy reference or understanding.

To line up in formation; to queue up in an orderly way.

Raging fire; intense and violent flames.

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烈火見真金烈火见真金

True character is revealed in times of severe trial and adversity.

A crack, fissure, or narrow opening formed when an object is damaged or broken.

To list or cite by giving examples.

A crack, split, or rift in an object that is not completely broken apart.

A crack, fissure, or split on the surface of an object.

To split open, crack, or tear apart along a fracture.

To print; to produce a hard copy of a document using a computer printer.

Scorching sun; blazing sun.

Raging flames or a fierce blaze.

The world's great powers, or the strongest teams in a sports tournament or competition.

To list out clearly; to state or specify in detail.

Leeds; referencing either Leeds United football club or the city of Leeds.

Martyr; a person who sacrificed their life for a noble ideal or great cause.

To be listed as, classified as, or included in a list.

Liquor or spirits; high-proof alcoholic beverages that have undergone distillation.

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Liechtenstein; a landlocked microstate in Central Europe between Austria and Switzerland.

Liezi, the Daoist philosopher or the ancient Chinese text attributed to him.

To attend a meeting as a non-voting delegate who may still have the right to speak.

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One's ancestors.

Biographies of ministers and famous figures within the official Chinese dynastic histories.

What; also used to refer to a mistress.

To provoke, tease, or initiate action in others.

To pick one's nose.

To pick one's nose.

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To dig or fish something back out, or to bring up a past matter.