勒
lēilè
to strap tightly; to bind
- Strokes
- 11
- Level
- HSK 7–9 · TOCFL Level 5
- Frequency
- No. 722
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What 勒 means
- lēi
- to strap tightly; to bind
- lè
- (literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯)
Words with 勒
- 勒索lè suǒto blackmail; to extort
- 勒死lēi sǐto strangle
- 格勒gé lè(onom.) laughing sound; glug-glug haha!
- 罗勒luó lèsweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)
- 勒令lè lìngto order; to force
- 勒勒车lēi lēi chēwagon (yoked to beast of burden)
- 勒杀lēi shāto strangle
- 勒紧lēi jǐnto tighten
- 勒索罪lè suǒ zuìblackmail
- 勒戒lè jièto force sb to give up (a drug); to enforce abstinence; to break drug dependence
- 敲诈勒索qiāo zhà lè suǒextortion and blackmail (idiom)
- 勒毙lēi bìto strangle or throttle to death