lau4 jyu6劉裕刘裕

Jyutpinglau4 jyu6

Yalelàuh yyuh

Definition

Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝[Song4 Wu3 di4]

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T1High level

T2High rising

T3Mid level

T4Low falling

T5Low rising

T6Low level

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林逋

lam4 bou1Lin Bu (967-1028), Northern Song poet

洛林

lok6 lam4Lorraine (region in France)

蘿底橙萝底橙

lo4 dai2 caang2literally: 'leftover orange'; used to describe leftover goods that no one wants that are of inferior quality; it is often used as a derogatory term to refer to women who are the "Leftover Women" and unwanted by men

甪端

luk6 dyun1Luduan, mythical Chinese beast able to detect the truth

撩惹

liu4 je5to provoke

呂不韋吕不韦

leoi5 bat1 wai5Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]

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