Cantonese words starting with L

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獵潛艇猎潜艇

An anti-submarine vessel.

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.

獵犬座猎犬座

Canes Venatici, a constellation in the northern sky.

Hunter; a person who hunts animals for a living.

To chase after attractive women; to seek sexual adventures or romantic encounters.

Falcon; a bird of prey.

To hunt for novelty; to seek out strange, bizarre, or exotic things.

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.

Mane; the long, coarse hair growing on the neck of certain animals.

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

To hunt down and kill.

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獵殺紅色十月號猎杀红色十月号

The Hunt for Red October, a novel by Tom Clancy.

Headhunting, referring to executive recruitment or the tribal custom of taking human heads.

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獵頭公司猎头公司

Headhunting firm; an executive search or employment recruitment agency.

獵頭人猎头人

Headhunter; a professional recruiter who seeks out talent for employers.

Prey from a hunt; quarry or catch.

獵戶臂猎户臂

Orion spiral arm or local spur of our galaxy, which contains our solar system.

獵戶座猎户座

Orion constellation.

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獵戶座大星雲猎户座大星云

The Great Nebula in Orion, also known as M42.

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獵戶座流星雨猎户座流星雨

Orionid meteor shower; Orionids.

Saker falcon (Falco cherrug).

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

To queue, line up, or form a row, especially of people or vehicles.

Fierce, intense, or burning; upright, righteous, or heroic.

To crack, split, or rend.

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

To undergo nuclear fission; nuclear fission.

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裂變產物裂变产物

Fission products; elements or isotopes created by the nuclear fission of heavier atoms.

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裂變材料裂变材料

Fissionable material; nuclear material capable of undergoing fission.

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裂變武器裂变武器

Fission weapon; a nuclear weapon that uses nuclear fission to release energy.

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裂變碎片裂变碎片

Fission fragment; one of the nuclei formed during the nuclear fission of a heavy atom.

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裂變炸彈裂变炸弹

Fission bomb; an atomic bomb.

Private; the lowest military rank.

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列別傑夫列别杰夫

Lebedev; a Russian surname.

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

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

列車員列车员

Train attendant or conductor.

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列車長列车长

Train conductor

To stagger, stumble, or reel.

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.

Archipelago; a chain or cluster of islands.