Cantonese words starting with L

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see 柳河縣|柳河县[Liu3 he2 Xian4]

柳河縣柳河县

Liuhe, a county in Tonghua City 通化市[Tong1 hua4 Shi4], Jilin

lau5 jin1 faa1 mou6

柳煙花霧柳烟花雾

lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring

Liouying, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan

柳葉刀柳叶刀

lancet (surgeon's knife)

柳葉眉柳叶眉

see 柳眉[liu3 mei2]

liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin

cape for children

see 柳林縣|柳林县[Liu3 lin2 Xian4]

lau5 lam4 jyun6

柳林縣柳林县

Liulin, a county in Lüliang City 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4], Shanxi

lau5 leoi4 niu5

柳雷鳥柳雷鸟

(bird species of China) willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)

lau5 luk6 faa1 hung4

柳綠花紅柳绿花红

lit. green willows and red flowers (idiom)

lau5 mak6 faa1 keoi4

long, shapely eyebrows

see 柳南區|柳南区[Liu3 nan2 Qu1]

lau5 naam4 keoi1

柳南區柳南区

Liunan, a district of Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi

lau5 ngai6 zyun6

柳毅傳柳毅传

story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties

see 柳城縣|柳城县[Liu3 cheng2 Xian4]

lau5 sing4 jyun6

柳城縣柳城县

Liucheng, a county in Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi

calligraphic style of Liu Gongquan

lau5 tai4 faa1 jyun3

willow twig; osier; wicker

柳條邊柳条边

Willow palisade across Liaoning, 17th century barrier

lau5 tiu4 kau1 si6 gin2

柳條溝事件柳条沟事件

see 柳條湖事件|柳条湖事件[Liu3 tiao2 Hu2 Shi4 jian4]

lau5 tiu4 wu4 si6 gin2

柳條湖事件柳条湖事件

the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria

Liu Yong (987-1053), Song poet

see 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4]

Liuzhou, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

柳子戲柳子戏

lau5 zung1 jyun4

Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements

to hold in one's arms

to leak; to leave out by mistake; funnel; to miss out; a loophole

quick-fry; also written 溜

to engrave; hard steel; diamond; hole; to keep in mind

low; plain; mean; narrow; coarse; superficial

to keep to the edge (of path, river etc); to avoid getting involved

溜邊兒溜边儿

to keep to the edge (of path, river etc)

secret exposed (spoken)

漏斗雲漏斗云

short circuit; leakage of electricity

to miss; to omit; to be missing; to leak out

lau6 dung6 baak3 ceot1

(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)

fraction (of a distillate)