Miaozi

雷

léiㄌㄟˊ
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TOCFL 7

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    surname Lei

  2. 2

    thunder

  3. 3

    (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine

  4. 4

    (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound

  5. 5

    (Tw) (coll.) spoiler

  6. 6

    (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)

Examples

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光傳播得比聲音快，所以我們先看到閃電，然後才會聽見雷聲。

It is because light travels faster than sound that we see lightning before we hear thunder.

上次去看雷帝嘎嘎的演唱會， 儘管她唱完歌了，很多聽歌的人卻不满足。

上次去看雷帝嘎嘎的演唱會， 儘管她唱完歌了，很多聽歌的人卻不滿足。

Last time I went to a Lady Gaga concert, although she finished all her songs, many members of the audience were not satisfied.

閃電常常伴隨著雷鳴。

Lightning is usually followed by thunder.

埃里希馬里亞雷馬克所寫的小說"西線無戰事"已被翻譯成超過五十種語言。

埃裏希馬裏亞雷馬克所寫的小說"西線無戰事"已被翻譯成超過五十種語言。

The novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque has been translated into more than fifty languages.

雷聲嚇到孩子了。

The thunder scared the children.

Characters

Character breakdown

雨

yǔ

rain

田

tián

surname Tian

Related

Related: 雷

打雷

dǎ léi

to rumble with thunder

雷同

léi tóng

mirroring others

雷达

léi dá

(loanword) radar

Stroke practice

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Characters

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